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Effectiveness of co-debriefing to develop clinical skills in basic life support: randomized pilot study
Juliana da Silva Garcia Nascimento1, Kleiton Gonçalves do Nascimento2, Mateus Goulart Alves3
1Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
Objective:
To compare the effectiveness of co-debriefing with debriefing with a facilitator in the development of clinical competences in nursing students in the simulated care of cardiac arrest.
Method:
Randomized pilot study, carried out at a university in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in August 2021, with 17 students, to compare debriefing with a facilitator (control n=8) with co-debriefing (intervention n=9). Pre- and post-test, Objective Structured Clinical Examination and scales were used to assess behavioral skills. Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney nonparametric comparison tests were used for analysis.
Results:
The intervention group performed better than the control for knowledge about basic life support (control=17.00±2.39 and intervention=19.22 ± 0.66, p=0.021) and psychomotor skills (control=8.12±0.13 and intervention=8.50 ± 0.001, p<0.001). There were no significant differences for behavioral skills.
Conclusion:
Co-debriefing appears to be more effective than debriefing with a facilitator to develop clinical skills in basic life support in nursing.
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