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 score^1 (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-pressure ventilation.”  Dichotomous correct or incorrect answer scored.	58	76

¹ Combined Students’ paired 𝑡-Test with two-tailed distribution, (𝑃=.02).