Sofia Oliveira, Magda Sofia Roberto, Ana Margarida Veiga-Simão, Alexandra Marques-Pinto
Effects of the A+ intervention on elementary-school teachers' social and emotional competence and occupational health
Frontiers in psychology
retention resuscitation skills widespread concern rapid decay competence frequently following training meanwhile training programmes continue disconnected realworld expectations assessment designs remain conflict evidence sustainable learning study aimed evaluate programmatic assessment pedagogy employed entrustment decision principles authentic sustainable assessment sa conducted prospective sequential explanatory mixed methods study understand address sustainable learning challenges faced finalyear undergraduate paramedic students introduced programme five authentic assessments based actual resuscitation cases integrating contextual elements featured reallife events studenttutor consensus assessment stca tool configured accommodate entrustment scale framework test produced dual student led assessor scores students assessors surveyed experiences assessment methodologies asked evaluate programme using ottawa good assessment criteria eightyfour students participated five assessments generating dual assessoronly studentled results reported mean score increase 9 across five tests 18 reduction borderline scores statistical significance observed among scores eight assessors across 420 unique tests mean student consensus remained 91 420 tests student assessor participant groups expressed broad agreement ottawa criteria wellrepresented design shared preference authentic methodology traditional approaches addition confirming local sustainability issues study highlighted validity concerns exist conventional resuscitation training designs successfully demonstrated alternative pedagogy responds concerns embodies principles sa quality assessment practice realworld expectations professionals