Esther Shin, Fozia Ali, Fahima Dawy
The new back-to-school basics: COVID-19 hygiene education for elementary students
Annals of family medicine
reproductive health emergencies postpartum hemorrhage contribute significantly maternal neonatal morbidity mortality uganda due knowledge skills gaps medical interns intern midwives nurses crucial frontline healthcare workers responding emergencies proposed handson strategy involves comprehensive simulationbased training sbt equip healthcare workers essential knowledge manage common reproductive health emergencies procedures country study aimed assess effectiveness comprehensive sbt improving knowledge interns fifthyear medical students reproductive health emergencies procedures gulu university teaching hospitals uganda beforeandafter study 4day sbt conducted fifthyear medical students interns nurses midwives doctors gulu university teaching hospitals focusing reproductive health emergencies pre posttests 40 multiplechoice questions used evaluate knowledge enhancement scores summarized medians interquartile ranges paired sample ttests used test difference pre posttest scores independent sample ttests compared median posttest results interns students pvalue 005 considered significant total 153 participants enrolled majority males 784 n 120 medical students 739 n 113 among 40 interns 55 n 22 doctors 30 n 12 midwives 15 n 6 nurses study participants showed increase knowledge median posttest scores higher pretest scores participants 63 interquartile ranges iqr 5771 versus 49 4254 median difference 14 823 p 0001 sbt effectively imparts key knowledge competencies interns fifthyear medical students recommend sbt included part course units students take continuous medical education qualified healthcare workers resourcelimited settings