[Evaluation of continuous education in transfusion for professionals in medical blood banks]

Like every actor in transfusion, staff members practising within blood banks of healthcare establishments have to follow a specific initial training and must frequently update their knowledge in blood transfusion.

To address this need from these professionals, the Établissement français du sang Auvergne-Loire set up training sessions which content regularly evolved according to regulation recommendations. Every cycle consists in a total of 35hours of training, divided in five one-day modules. The comparison of the evaluation questionnaires offered at the beginning and at the end of each day allowed to measure the benefits provided by every module and to compare progress according to the number of modules previously followed. The analysis of satisfaction surveys contributed to improving the education towards a high level of satisfaction of every participant.

At the end of its third year of existence, the 35hours education programme permitted to achieve a better level of training for all the staffs and the evolution towards an on-site continuing education format seems to better correspond to the personnel's expectations.