Efficacy of standardized tracheostomy training with a simulation model for healthcare providers: A study by ISPAT team
Zeynep S. Uyan
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Funding acquisition (equal), Investigation (equal), Methodology (equal), Resources (equal), Writing - original draft (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
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Emine Atag MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
Correspondence
Emine Atag, MD, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Medipol University Hospital Göztepe mah, Metin Sk No 4, 34214 Bağcılar/İstanbul, Turkey,
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Funding acquisition (equal), Methodology (equal), Resources (equal), Writing - original draft (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorAlmala P. Ergenekon MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Investigation (equal), Methodology (equal), Visualization (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorYasemin Gokdemir
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Investigation (equal), Project administration (equal), Resources (equal), Software (equal), Validation (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorOzan Gokler MD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Investigation (equal), Resources (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorPinar Ay
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Search for more papers by this authorNilay Bas İkizoglu MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Investigation (equal), Methodology (equal), Resources (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorMuruvvet Cenk MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorEla Erdem Eralp
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Methodology (equal), Project administration (equal), Supervision (equal), Validation (equal), Visualization (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorG. Ulufer Sivrikaya MD
Rahmi M. Koc Academy of Interventional Medicine, Education and Simulation (RMK AIMES), Istanbul, Turkey
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Search for more papers by this authorSaniye Girit
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Search for more papers by this authorErkan Cakir
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Investigation (equal), Resources (equal), Software (equal), Supervision (equal), Visualization (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorAyse A. Kilic
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Cerrahpasa University, Istanbul, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorHakan Yazan MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Project administration (equal), Resources (equal), Validation (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorSinem Can Oksay MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Search for more papers by this authorEvrim Hepkaya MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Cerrahpasa University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Methodology (equal), Project administration (equal), Resources (equal), Software (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorGursu Kiyan
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorBulent Karadag
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Project administration (equal), Software (equal), Supervision (equal), Validation (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorFazilet Karakoc
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Project administration (equal), Resources (equal), Supervision (equal), Writing - original draft (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorSedat Oktem
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Resources (equal), Supervision (equal), Validation (equal), Writing - original draft (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorZeynep S. Uyan
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Funding acquisition (equal), Investigation (equal), Methodology (equal), Resources (equal), Writing - original draft (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Emine Atag MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
Correspondence
Emine Atag, MD, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Medipol University Hospital Göztepe mah, Metin Sk No 4, 34214 Bağcılar/İstanbul, Turkey,
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Funding acquisition (equal), Methodology (equal), Resources (equal), Writing - original draft (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorAlmala P. Ergenekon MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Investigation (equal), Methodology (equal), Visualization (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorYasemin Gokdemir
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Investigation (equal), Project administration (equal), Resources (equal), Software (equal), Validation (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorOzan Gokler MD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Investigation (equal), Resources (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorPinar Ay
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Formal analysis (equal), Investigation (equal), Methodology (equal), Supervision (equal), Visualization (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorNilay Bas İkizoglu MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Investigation (equal), Methodology (equal), Resources (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorMuruvvet Cenk MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorEla Erdem Eralp
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Methodology (equal), Project administration (equal), Supervision (equal), Validation (equal), Visualization (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorG. Ulufer Sivrikaya MD
Rahmi M. Koc Academy of Interventional Medicine, Education and Simulation (RMK AIMES), Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Funding acquisition (equal), Investigation (equal), Project administration (equal), Resources (equal), Software (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorSaniye Girit
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Investigation (equal), Methodology (equal), Project administration (equal), Supervision (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorErkan Cakir
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Investigation (equal), Resources (equal), Software (equal), Supervision (equal), Visualization (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorAyse A. Kilic
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Cerrahpasa University, Istanbul, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorHakan Yazan MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Project administration (equal), Resources (equal), Validation (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorSinem Can Oksay MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Funding acquisition (equal), Investigation (equal), Project administration (equal), Software (equal), Validation (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorEvrim Hepkaya MD
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Cerrahpasa University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Methodology (equal), Project administration (equal), Resources (equal), Software (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorGursu Kiyan
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorBulent Karadag
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Project administration (equal), Software (equal), Supervision (equal), Validation (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorFazilet Karakoc
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Project administration (equal), Resources (equal), Supervision (equal), Writing - original draft (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorSedat Oktem
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Resources (equal), Supervision (equal), Validation (equal), Writing - original draft (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorZeynep S. Uyan and Emine Atag contributed equally to this study and shared co-first authorship.
Abstract
Introduction
Tracheostomy care in children may be challenging, due to lack of knowledge of healthcare providers (HCPs). The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of HCP who follow patients with tracheostomy and to increase this level with theoretical training and training in a simulation laboratory.
Materials and Methods
ISPAT (IStanbul PAediatric Tracheostomy), a multidisciplinary team for tracheostomy care was established and a training program was prepared. Participants were subjected to theoretical and practical pretests which evaluated their knowledge levels and skills for care, follow-up, and treatment of a patient with tracheostomy. After the theoretical and practical training given to the participants with a simulation model, theoretical and practical posttests were applied.
Results
Fifty-one HCP from nine tertiary pediatric clinics in Istanbul were enrolled in the training program. Only six (11.8%) of them had received standardized training programs previously. Regarding the theoretical tests, seven of the 33 questions were indicated as essential. The knowledge level of the participants based on the essential questions significantly increased after the training (p < 0.05 for all of the essential questions). The total number of correct answers and correct answers of three subheadings also significantly increased after the practical training (p < 0.001 for all). Ninety-five percent of the participants assessed the course as good or excellent in general.
Conclusion
Training in a simulation laboratory in combination with theoretical education can improve the knowledge and skills of the HCP enabling improved care of children with a tracheostomy.
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.
Open Research
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Data available on request from the authors.
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