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Development and assessment of a formal learning module to educate veterinary students in an intensive care unit about transfusion reactions
Author(s) -
Haines Jillian M.,
Wardrop K. Jane,
Lindberg Christopher J.,
Carbonneau Kira J.,
Ngwenyama Thandeka R.,
Martin Linda G.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of veterinary emergency and critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.886
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1476-4431
pISSN - 1479-3261
DOI - 10.1111/vec.12983
Subject(s) - medicine , test (biology) , intensive care unit , psychological intervention , physical therapy , nursing , paleontology , biology
Objective To develop and assess the instructional efficacy of an online learning module on transfusion reactions in small animals and to evaluate participants’ satisfaction of the module. Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting University teaching hospital. Subjects A total of 55, fourth‐year veterinary students, 27 in a treatment group that received the learning module plus standard rotation training and 28 in a control group (no module) who received only standard training Interventions Students received a pretest on transfusion reactions followed by administration of a transfusion reaction learning module covering recognition, treatment, prevention, case examples, and self‐assessment questions for 6 common transfusion reactions. Students also received a module satisfaction survey, a post‐test at 2 weeks post‐module, and a retention test at 6 weeks post‐module. Measurements and main results Previous transfusion medicine exposure did not affect pretest scores and there was no difference in pretest scores between groups. The module group scored higher on the post‐test ( P < 0.001) and retention test ( P = 0.002) than the control group. Mean post‐test scores were 74.4% and 57.7% and mean retention test scores were 80.6% and 56.5% for the module and control groups, respectively. The module group scored higher on posttest and retention questions involving reaction recognition ( P < 0.001). Students were overall very satisfied with the module with an average score of 4.8 (1‐5). Conclusions A transfusion reaction instructional module can be delivered successfully to veterinary students on an ICU‐based clinical rotation. Students taking the module scored significantly better on post‐assessments up to 6 weeks after module administration as compared to students receiving only conventional clinical rotation training.