Development and Assessment of Innovative High-Fidelity Simulation Vaccination Course Integrating Emergency Cases for Pharmacy Undergraduates—A Randomized Controlled Study
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Participants
2.2. Study Procedure
2.3. Objective Structured Clinical Examination
2.4. Training Sessions
2.5. Instruments
2.5.1. High- and Low-Fidelity Simulator
2.5.2. Cases for OSCEs
2.5.3. Analytical Checklist
2.5.4. Multiple-Choice Test
2.5.5. Self-Assessment Questionnaire
2.6. Statistical Methods
3. Results
3.1. Participant Characteristics
3.2. Analytical Checklist Score of OSCEs
3.3. Multiple-Choice Test
3.4. Self-Assessment Questionnaire
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Group | Pre-Training | Post-Training | p-Value (Intragroup) |
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Mean (CI) | Mean (CI) | ||
Intervention | 32.45 3.10 | 41.60 2.77 | p < 0.01 |
Control | 33.92 2.96 | 41.33 2.10 | p < 0.01 |
p-Value (intergroup) | p = 0.505 | p = 0.568 |
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Control Group (n = 21) | Intervention Group (n = 21) | p-Values | |
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Age | |||
Mean (±SD) Median Range | 25 (±2.67) 24 22–32 | 24.38 (±2.35) 23 22–31 | 0.337 |
Gender | |||
Female, n (%) Male, n (%) | 17 (81) 4 (19) | 18 (86) 3 (14) | 1 |
Previous or current experience (e.g., pharmaceutical technician, vaccination centre) | |||
Yes (%) No (%) | 6 (29) 15 (71) | 0 (0) 21 (100) | 0.021 |
Group | Pre-Training OSCE-Score | Post-Training OSCE-Score | Score Difference |
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Mean (SD) % | Mean (SD) % | Mean (SD) % | |
Station 1 | |||
Intervention | 26.06 (14.81) | 69.38 (15.72) | 43.34 (23.18) |
Control | 27.65 (18.53) | 63.89 (18.92) | 36.24 (21.54) |
Station 2 | |||
Intervention | 7.54 (9.83) | 45.64 (17.00) | 38.10 (16.79) |
Control | 22.22 (13.26) | 43.25 (28.34) | 21.03 (32.13) |
Station 3 | |||
Intervention | 49.60 (15.47) | 84.52 (11.87) | 34.92 (17.60) |
Control | 53.18 (17.38) | 67.86 (22.10) | 14.68 (26.10) |
Station 4 | |||
Intervention | 51.70 (19.42) | 65.99 (17.77) | 14.29 (27.85) |
Control | 61.22 (26.40) | 63.95 (27.71) | 2.72 (19.50) |
Total | |||
Intervention | 32.10 (7.70) | 66.12 (8.89) | 34.03 (11.66) |
Control | 39.73 (8.21) | 58.79 (19.84) | 19.06 (18.20) |
Group | Pre-Training | Post-Training |
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Mean (%) | Mean (%) | |
Intervention | 3.00 (60) | 3.43 (68.57) |
Control | 2.7 (55.24) | 2.86 (57.14) |
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Sayyed, S.A.; Sharkas, A.R.; Ali Sherazi, B.; Dabidian, A.; Schwender, H.; Laeer, S. Development and Assessment of Innovative High-Fidelity Simulation Vaccination Course Integrating Emergency Cases for Pharmacy Undergraduates—A Randomized Controlled Study. Vaccines 2023, 11, 324. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020324
Sayyed SA, Sharkas AR, Ali Sherazi B, Dabidian A, Schwender H, Laeer S. Development and Assessment of Innovative High-Fidelity Simulation Vaccination Course Integrating Emergency Cases for Pharmacy Undergraduates—A Randomized Controlled Study. Vaccines. 2023; 11(2):324. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020324
Chicago/Turabian StyleSayyed, Shahzad Ahmad, Ahmed Reda Sharkas, Bushra Ali Sherazi, Armin Dabidian, Holger Schwender, and Stephanie Laeer. 2023. "Development and Assessment of Innovative High-Fidelity Simulation Vaccination Course Integrating Emergency Cases for Pharmacy Undergraduates—A Randomized Controlled Study" Vaccines 11, no. 2: 324. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020324
APA StyleSayyed, S. A., Sharkas, A. R., Ali Sherazi, B., Dabidian, A., Schwender, H., & Laeer, S. (2023). Development and Assessment of Innovative High-Fidelity Simulation Vaccination Course Integrating Emergency Cases for Pharmacy Undergraduates—A Randomized Controlled Study. Vaccines, 11(2), 324. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020324