Jessica T Mozersky, Alison L Antes, Kari Baldwin, Michelle Jenkerson, James M DuBois
How do clinical research coordinators learn Good Clinical Practice? A mixed-methods study of factors that predict uptake of knowledge
Clinical trials (London, England)
international cleft lip palate surgical charities recognize speech therapy essential successful care individuals palate repair challenge ensure cleft speech interventionists ie speechlanguage pathologists speech therapy providers provide quality care exploratory study investigated effects twostage cleft training oaxaca mexico aimed preparing speech interventionists provide researchbased services individuals born cleft palate changes interventionists content knowledge clinical skills examined twentythree cleft speech interventionists mexico guatemala nicaragua participated hybrid twostage training completing online spanish cleft speech course 5day inperson training oaxaca inperson training included didactic component supervised clinical practice 14 individuals repaired cleft palates testing interventionists content knowledge clinical skills via questionnaires occurred online course test 1 immediately inperson training test 2 immediately inperson training test 3 qualitative data experiencepractice also collected significant increases interventionists overall content knowledge clinical skills found posttraining knowledge clinical skills increased significantly tests 1 2 clinical skills knowledge showed significant increases tests 2 3 posttraining interventionists demonstrated greater expertise researchbased treatment fewer reported would use nonspeech oral motor exercises nsome findings provide preliminary support twostage international trainings preparing local speech interventionists deliver highquality speech services individuals born cleft palate content knowledge appears acquired primarily online course twostage training incorporating inperson supervised practice working individuals born cleft palate may best enhance continued clinical skill development including replacement nsome evidencebased speech treatment trainings contribute building capacity sustainable quality services population underresourced regions