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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training
  • Healthcare Provider Education

Background:

  • The European Resuscitation Council's standard Basic Instructor Course is an eight-hour program.
  • There is a need for efficient and effective methods to train Basic Life Support instructors.
  • Optimizing instructor training can improve the dissemination of life-saving skills.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe a novel, shortened four-hour pilot of the European Resuscitation Council's Basic Instructor Course.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of a blended learning strategy for Basic Life Support instructor training.
  • To assess the impact of a pilot instructor course on subsequent teaching of Basic Life Support.

Main Methods:

  • A four-hour pilot course utilizing blended learning (pre-course preparation, on-site micro-teaching, and feedback).
  • Participants delivered short Basic Life Support teaching sessions (micro-teaching) and received peer feedback.
  • Quantitative comparison of post-course teaching rates between the pilot and standard courses; qualitative analysis of participant feedback.

Main Results:

  • The pilot course trained 31 healthcare providers across four sessions.
  • 87% of pilot course participants subsequently taught Basic Life Support, compared to 24% from the standard course.
  • Participants found micro-teaching and teaching advice most beneficial; some felt the course was too long.

Conclusions:

  • The shortened four-hour pilot Basic Instructor Course effectively trained healthcare providers to teach Basic Life Support.
  • The pilot course demonstrated potential to increase the number of instructors teaching Basic Life Support.
  • The pilot resulted in a four-fold increase in instructors teaching courses compared to the standard eight-hour format.