From: Effective in-service training design and delivery: evidence from an integrative literature review
Citation | Study design | Participants | Intervention | Key findings |
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Coomarasamy A and Khan K 2004 (link to the follow-up study, Raza A et al. 2009) | Systematic review: 23 articles reviewed to determine the effect of stand-alone compared to clinically integrated teaching in EBM | Post-graduate physicians, allied health professionals | Technique: multiple, focus on case-based | Sufficient evidence to support the use of clinically integrated teaching over stand-alone education. While stand-alone teaching improved knowledge, there were no improvements in skills, attitudes or behaviours, whereas clinically integrated teaching showed improvements in knowledge, skills, attitude and behaviour. |
Media: live | ||||
Frequency: both single and multiple | ||||
Crofts J et al. 2007 | Prospective RCT to explore if knowledge acquisition is influenced by training setting or teamwork training | Senior doctors, junior and senior midwives | Technique: team-based vs interactive | Statistical evidence supported the use of live, multi-professional, obstetric emergency training to increase midwives’ and doctors’ knowledge of obstetric emergency management. However, neither the location of training either in a simulation centre or in local hospitals, nor the inclusion of teamwork training, made any significant difference to the acquisition of knowledge in obstetric emergencies. |
Total of 140 participants; interdisciplinary teams of four or six in four blocks | Media: live | |||
Country: UK | Frequency: single | |||
I1 = 1-day interactive at hospital (no team-based training); I2 = 1-day interactive at simulation centre (no team-based training); I3 = 2-day team training at hospital; I4 = 2-day interactive in simulation centre | ||||
Main outcome measured by a 185 multiple-choice questionnaire completed 3 weeks before and 3 weeks after the training intervention. | ||||
Ellis D et al. 2008 | Same study design as Crofts et al. 2007 | Same participants as Crofts et al. 2007 | Same intervention as Crofts et al. 2007 | Statistical evidence to support the use of live, eclampsia training to increase providers’ performance rate for completion of basic tasks. Neither the location (simulation centre or in local hospitals), nor the inclusion of teamwork training made any significant difference to the performance results for basic task completion. |