A Neonatal Resuscitation Curriculum in Malawi, Africa: Did It Change In-Hospital Mortality?
Table 2
Changes in trainees’ attitude, knowledge, and skills in neonatal resuscitation.
Domain
Mean preintervention score (percent correct)
Mean postintervention score1 (percent correct)
Attitude Example: “How comfortable are you with neonatal resuscitation?” Likert scale, 1–4, Not at all to very comfortable, scored on quartiles: 1 = 25%, 2 = 50%, 3 = 75%, 4 = 100%
45
76
Knowledge Example: “Restoration of adequate ventilation usually will result in a (rapid) (gradual) (slow) improvement in heart rate.”
Dichotomous correct or incorrect answer scored.
30
59
Skills Example: “Please demonstrate the proper method of positive-pressureventilation.”
Dichotomous correct or incorrect answer scored.
58
76
1 Combined Students’ paired -Test with two-tailed distribution, ().