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  • Disaster Medicine
  • Pediatric Emergency Care
  • Medical Education

Background:

  • Effective management of pediatric disaster victims requires specialized knowledge.
  • Healthcare professionals, particularly those not regularly involved in pediatric care, may lack adequate disaster preparedness.
  • Standardized educational interventions are needed to enhance pediatric disaster response capabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of a competency-based pediatric disaster educational curriculum.
  • To determine if the curriculum improves healthcare employees' knowledge in managing pediatric disaster scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • A pretest/post-test intervention study design was employed.
  • The study involved 326 clinical and nonclinical healthcare employees at a large, urban, academic tertiary hospital.
  • Knowledge was assessed using a 30-item pediatric disaster test administered before and after the educational intervention.

Main Results:

  • Participants without prior pediatric disaster training demonstrated significant knowledge improvement from pre- to post-intervention test scores (p < 0.0001).
  • The educational intervention effectively enhanced understanding of pediatric disaster management principles.

Conclusions:

  • The competency-based pediatric disaster educational intervention successfully improved the knowledge of most participants.
  • This curriculum provides a foundation for developing standardized pediatric disaster educational programs.
  • The findings highlight the importance of targeted training for healthcare staff in pediatric disaster preparedness.