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¹Office of Research, University of Kansas, School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, Kansas 67214, USA.

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This study validated a reliable pretest/posttest instrument for evaluating continuing education (CE) in mass-casualty burn disaster management. The findings confirm its effectiveness in measuring knowledge and skills gained from training.

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Area of Science:

Medical Education
Disaster Preparedness
Burn Management

Background:

Effective continuing education (CE) is crucial for healthcare professionals responding to mass-casualty incidents.
Evaluating the impact of CE programs, particularly in specialized fields like burn management, requires reliable assessment tools.
Existing assessment methods may not adequately capture the nuances of knowledge, skills, and confidence in disaster scenarios.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the reliability of a pretest/posttest design for a mass-casualty burn disaster CE program.
To develop and validate an instrument measuring knowledge, skills, confidence, and competence in burn assessment and management.
To ensure the measurement tool consistently reflects learning outcomes from the CE program.

Main Methods:

Designed an instrument based on program objectives for burn assessment and management.
Analyzed the instrument's internal consistency and split-half reliability.
Conducted an item analysis to evaluate individual item performance and relevance.

Main Results:

Reliability measures for the assessment instrument were found to be moderately high.
Item analysis did not identify any poorly constructed or irrelevant items.
The instrument demonstrated consistent performance in measuring changes related to the training.

Conclusions:

The developed instrument is a reliable tool for measuring the effectiveness of the mass-casualty burn disaster CE program.
The findings support the use of this pretest/posttest design for evaluating similar educational interventions.
This validated instrument can aid other institutions in planning and assessing their disaster preparedness training programs.