Development and assessment of novel virtual COVID-19 trainer-of trainers course implemented by an academic-humanitarian partnership

In response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Project HOPE®, an international humanitarian organization, partnered with Brown University to develop and deploy a virtual training-of-trainers (TOT) program to provide practical knowledge to healthcare stakeholders. This study is designed...

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Published in:Global health action 2022-12, Vol.15 (1), p.2010391-2010391
Main Authors: Kharel, Ramu, Baird, Janette, Vaishnav, Himanshu, Chillara, Nidhi, Lee, J. Austin, Genisca, Alicia, Hayward, Alison, Uzevski, Vlatko, Elbenni, Asmaa, Levine, Adam C., Aluisio, Adam R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community education
Competence
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Delivery of Health Care
Dissemination
Education
Educational programs
global health
Health care
Health Personnel
Humanitarianism
Humans
Interdisciplinary aspects
Knowledge
Medical diagnosis
Medical screening
Pandemics
Partnerships
public health
Resuscitation
Risk assessment
Risk communication
SARS-CoV-2
Stabilization
Surveillance
Trainers
Training
Triage
virtual education
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Summary:In response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Project HOPE®, an international humanitarian organization, partnered with Brown University to develop and deploy a virtual training-of-trainers (TOT) program to provide practical knowledge to healthcare stakeholders. This study is designed to evaluate this TOT program. The goal of this study is to assess the effectiveness of this educational intervention in enhancing knowledge on COVID-19 concepts and to present relative change in score of each competency domains of the training. The training was created by interdisciplinary faculty from Brown University and delivered virtually. Training included eight COVID-19 specific modules on infection prevention and control, screening and triage, diagnosis and management, stabilization and resuscitation, surge capacity, surveillance, and risk communication and community education. The assessment of knowledge attainment in each of the course competency domain was conducted using 10 question pre-and post-test evaluations. Paired t-test were used to compare interval knowledge scores in the overall cohort and stratified by WHO regions. TOT dissemination data was collected from in-country partners by Project Hope. Over the period of 7 months, 4,291 personnel completed the TOT training in 55 countries, including all WHO regions. Pre-test and post-test were completed by 1,198 and 706 primary training participants, respectively. The mean scores on the pre-test and post-test were 68.45% and 81.4%, respectively. The mean change in score was 11.72%, with P value
ISSN:1654-9716
1654-9880
DOI:10.1080/16549716.2021.2010391