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  • Resuscitation training and medical education.
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency medical response.
  • Skills assessment and confidence-building in healthcare professionals.

Background:

  • Assessment skills are often underdeveloped in standard resuscitation training.
  • The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) Basic Life Support/Automated External Defibrillator (BLS/AED) instructor course may not fully prepare candidates for assessment roles.
  • A dedicated Assessment Training Programme (ATP) was developed to enhance assessors' decision-making capabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present the developed Assessment Training Programme (ATP).
  • To evaluate the impact of the ATP on the confidence levels of candidates undertaking resuscitation training.
  • To compare confidence levels between candidates completing the ERC BLS/AED instructor course and those completing the ATP.

Main Methods:

  • Forty-seven candidates completed the ERC BLS/AED instructor course.
  • Twenty qualified ERC BLS/AED instructors participated in the ATP.
  • Confidence was measured using ten-point Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) via pre- and post-course questionnaires.

Main Results:

  • Overall confidence increased significantly after the ERC instructor course (5.9 to 8.7, P < 0.001) and the ATP (8.2 to 9.6, P < 0.001).
  • Assessors completing the ATP (mean 9.6) were significantly more confident than instructors (mean 8.7) post-course (P < 0.001).
  • ATP participants showed significantly higher confidence in assessing borderline candidates compared to instructors (P < 0.001).

Conclusions:

  • The Assessment Training Programme (ATP) effectively enhances confidence in BLS/AED assessment skills.
  • The ATP leads to higher assessor confidence compared to completing the ERC instructor course alone.
  • Resuscitation organizations should consider integrating an ATP into their training structures.