Basic life support skill improvement with newly designed renewal programme: cluster randomised study of small-group-discussion method versus practice-while-watching method.
BACKGROUND
For the basic life support (BLS) renewal course, we have devised a new educational programme entitled a small-group-discussion (SGD) programme using personalised video-based debriefing.


OBJECTIVE
We compared the efficacy in BLS skill improvement of the SGD programme with the currently used practice-while-watching (PWW) programme, which uses a standardised education video.


METHODS
This was a prospective, cluster randomised study, conducted in a single centre, over 6 months from May 2009 to October 2009. Training was performed in two groups of participants, each group with a different renewal education programme. The efficacy of the programmes was compared using the modified Cardiff test and skill-reporting manikins.


RESULTS
Results from 2169 participants were analysed: 1061 in the SGD programme group and 1108 in the PWW programme group. There were no differences between groups on the pretest, either in compression or non-compression skills. However, on the post-test, the SGD programme gave better results for both compression skills and non-compression skills.


CONCLUSIONS
The new SGD renewal programme is more effective than the PWW programme for improving skills in BLS renewal training.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Ji Ung
JU
Na
Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Tae Rim
TR
Lee
Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea.
Mun Ju
MJ
Kang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Tae Gun
TG
Shin
Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Min Seob
MS
Sim
Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Ik Joon
IJ
Jo
Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Keun Jeong
KJ
Song
Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Yeon Kwon
YK
Jeong
D000328:Adult; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008297:Male; D008348:Manikins; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D058996:Quality Improvement; D056910:Republic of Korea; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers
education, methods; resuscitation, training