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Learning Outcome Measurement in Nurse Participants After Disaster Training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Sharon L. Farra ,
Sherrill Smith Open the ORCID record for Sherrill Smith [Opens in a new window]  and
Marie A Bashaw
Sharon L. Farra*
Affiliation:
National Disaster Health Consortium, Wright State University, College of Nursing and Health, Dayton, Ohio
Sherrill Smith
Affiliation:
Wright State University, College of Nursing and Health, Dayton, Ohio
Marie A Bashaw
Affiliation:
Nursing Administration and Health Care Master’s Program, Wright State University, College of Nursing and Health, Dayton, Ohio.
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Sharon L. Farra, RN, PhD, CNE, Assistant Professor, Curriculum Director, National Disaster Health Consortium, Wright State University-College of Nursing and Health, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

Objective

The National Disaster Health Consortium is an interprofessional disaster training program. Using the Hierarchical Learning Framework of Competency Sets in Disaster Medicine and Public Health, this program educates nurses and other professionals to provide competent care and leadership within the interprofessional team. This study examined outcomes of this training.

Methods

Training consisted of a combination of online and on-site training. Learning outcomes were measured by using the Emergency Preparedness Information Questionnaire (EPIQ) pre/post training and participant performance during live functional exercises with the use of rubrics based on Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation principles.

Results

A total of 64 participants completed the EPIQ before and after training. The mean EPIQ pre-training score of 154 and mean post-training score of 81 (reverse-scored) was found to be statistically significant by paired t-test (P<0.001). Performance was evaluated in the areas of triage, re-triage, surge response, and sheltering. Greater than 90% of the exercise criteria were either met or partially met. Participants successfully achieved overall objectives in all scenarios.

Conclusions

Disaster response requires nurses and other providers to function in interprofessional teams. Educational projects, like the National Disaster Health Consortium program, offer the potential to address the need for a standardized, interprofessional disaster training curriculum to promote positive outcomes. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;page 1 of 6)

Keywords

disaster planningdisasterseducationpublic health professionalemergency nursing
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 10 , Issue 5 , October 2016 , pp. 728 - 733
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2016 

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