Development and evaluation of the hemovigilance training program

Hemovigilance is a series of surveillance involving the collection and evaluation of all kinds of unwanted and unexpected effects arising from the use of blood products, including the whole transfusion chain, including the follow-up after blood collection and prevention of re-occurrence.

In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the learning effectiveness of the hemovigilance education program developed in Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine and the overall program.

The study was designed as a quasi-experimental pretest posttest study in quantitative research design. In the evaluation of the program, pretest and posttest prepared by the research group were applied, and feedback was received regarding the training program.

The data of 114 participants who received hemovigilance training were evaluated in the study (n = 114). The pretest mean was calculated as 67.42 ± 12.43 (minimum: 31, maximum: 93), and the posttest mean was 86.38 ± 11.83 (minimum: 55, maximum: 100). The realization of learning was evaluated in the second step of the model. There was a statistically significant difference between the pretest and the posttest (P = 0.000). In addition to this finding, according to the generalizability theory, the item-time (pretest/posttest application) variance percentage was calculated as 32.5%.

In the current literature, many studies are planned to be developed for the development of hemovigilance activities. It is recommended to organize in-service training programs for most of these studies. In evaluating the measurement tool with the generalizability theory, it was determined that education is effective in increasing the level of knowledge, but it is not sufficient and should be improved in the sampling of the information universe because it is an easy level and weak discrimination tool. In evaluating the first step of the program evaluation model, it was seen that the majority of the participants expressed their satisfaction with education. The realization of learning was evaluated in the second step of the model. According to the generalizability theory, there was a statistically significant difference between the pretest and the posttest and the high percentage of variance in the item-time (pretest/posttest application) showed that the learning took place. We believe that the training program within the scope of the study significantly increases the level of knowledge of the participants and contributes to learning. In addition, a more valid and reliable measurement will be provided with the development of the measurement tool, and the program will be developed to contribute to hemoviral surveillance.