Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Effectiveness of video modules in infection control trainings during COVID‑19 pandemic: A quasi‑experimental study in tertiary care institute

. Vanya Singh; . Sakshi Supehia; . Puneet Kumar Gupta; . Himanshu Narula; . Maneesh Sharma; . Komal Devi; . Ashish Ramesh Bhute

Volume 11, Issue 4 , May 2021, , Pages 1-9

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BACKGROUND: Continuous pertinent trainings for infection prevention and control (IPC) measuresare essential to ensure quality health‑care services along with the safety of the health ... Read More BACKGROUND: Continuous pertinent trainings for infection prevention and control (IPC) measuresare essential to ensure quality health‑care services along with the safety of the health personnel.Amid the COVID‑19 pandemic, the current study focusses on the utilization of explicated videomodules training of all health‑care personnel of the institute and assessment of the effectiveness ofvideo training for IPC practices during COVID‑19 pandemic.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A quasi‑experimental study, one group pre‑ and posttest design,using Google Questionnaire forms was conducted at a tertiary care center. The training was assistedby trained tutors, and three in‑house videos were demonstrated to the participants regarding specificIPC measures; “Do’s and Don’ts;” “Hand hygiene and personal protective equipment’s (PPE)” and“Environmental cleaning and disinfection.” SPSS software version 23 (IBM Corp., N. Y., USA) wasused for the analysis using the descriptive statistics, Chi‑square test, Fisher’s t‑test, ANOVA, andpost hoc Tukey’s test.RESULTS: The level of knowledge increased significantly by 16% in the posttest. Statisticallysignificant association between the levels of knowledge in pretest as well as posttest scores andage (P < 0.001), designation (P < 0.001), and years of experience (P < 0.001) was identified. Theparticipants were satisfied with the video‑assisted trainings and willing to use videos for revision.CONCLUSIONS: Video‑assisted training modules similar to this study may be utilized to enhancethe knowledge of various cadres of health‑care staff regarding IPC practices.25. Pilieci SN, Salim SY, Heffernan DS, Itani KMF, Khadaroo RG.A randomized controlled trial of video education versus skilldemonstration: Which is more effective in teaching sterile surgicaltechnique? Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2018;19:303‑12.26. KentersN, GottliebT, HopmanJ, Mehtar S, SchweizerML, TartariE,et al. An international survey of cleaning and disinfection practicesin the healthcare environment. J Hosp Infect 2018;100:236‑41.27. Keah KC, Jegathesan M, Tan SC, Chan SH, Chee OM, Cheong YM,et al. Disinfection: Gaps between recommended and actualpractice. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1995;26:795‑8.28. Allen M, Hall L, Halton K, Graves N. Improving hospitalenvironmental hygiene with the use of a targeted multi‑modalbundle strategy. Infect Dis Health 2018;23:107‑13.29. Keithly M, Brame C, Woelfle M, Friedman K. Blending it up:Active learning in a STEM classroom through the use of on‑linematerials. In: Abstracts of Papers of the American ChemicalSociety. Vol. 250. Washington, DC 20036 USA: 1155 16th ST, NW,Amer Chemical Soc; 2015.30. Mouneghi HK, Derakhshan A, Valai N, Mortazavi F. Theeffectiveness of video‑based education on gaining practicallearning skills in comparison with demonstrating method’seffectiveness among university students. J Med Educ 2003;4.

Feasibility and usefulness of online virtual training of urology residents in times of COVID‑19: A single‑center experience and an evidence‑based strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat analysis

. Tushar Aditya Narain; . Ankur Mittal; . Vanya Singh; . Vikas Kumar Panwar

Volume 11, Issue 3 , March 2021, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: The COVID‑19 disease has resulted in an almost complete shutdown of all servicesworldwide. Hospitals continued to provide emergency services and treatment for COVID‑19 ... Read More BACKGROUND: The COVID‑19 disease has resulted in an almost complete shutdown of all servicesworldwide. Hospitals continued to provide emergency services and treatment for COVID‑19 disease.Teaching hospitals like ours had another responsibility at hand; training of our surgical residents.Not allowing this pandemic to take away months of training, we resorted to online virtual trainingprograms, for continuing academic activities. After having conducted thirty such sessions, we tookfeedback from the participating students and faculty members to evaluate the usefulness of this newinitiative and identify the lacunae that needed to be addressed.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The initial twenty classes were held on the GoTo Meeting ® onlineplatform, whereas the last ten were conducted using the Google Meet application. A 20‑itemquestionnaire covering four broad domains of general perception, feasibility, knowledge gained, anddrawbacks was circulated, and 19 responses were registered anonymously. Strength, weakness,opportunity, and threat analysis was done based on the responses received.RESULTS: About 89.5% of the participants believed that online classes were the ideal platform forcontinuing education and 84.2% of the participants were overall satisfied with the whole exercise. TheAchilles’ heel was the availability of a good Internet connection, and the major lacunae were the poorquality of video and audio transmission. Seventy‑four percent of the participants wanted to continueonline training in the future too, whereas 26% wanted to revert to the traditional face‑to‑face teaching.CONCLUSION: Online virtual training classes are an effective and feasible alternative to traditionalteaching in times such as these, which demanded strict social distancing. It naturally lacked thewarmth and personal touch of the traditional teaching classes, but it allowed us to continue teachingour residents and also prepare them to face the biggest menace of all times.

Corona health‑care warriors in India: knowledge, attitude, and practices during COVID‑19 outbreak

. Rajesh Kumar; . Vanya Singh; . Aroop Mohanty; . Yogesh Bahurupi; . Puneet Kumar Gupta

Volume 11, Issue 2 , February 2021, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: COVID‑19 has become a global health emergency after its first case in Wuhan city,China. An increasing number of cases and deaths are challenging the health‑care system ... Read More BACKGROUND: COVID‑19 has become a global health emergency after its first case in Wuhan city,China. An increasing number of cases and deaths are challenging the health‑care system globally.This study aims to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID‑19 disease among healthpersonnel in rapid outbreak in India.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross‑sectional survey was conducted using Google Forms throughGoogle platform on-line. A total of 713 health personal allied health‑care staff, working in different publicand private health‑care facilities, was conducted in the mid of April 2020. A structured knowledge, attitude,and practice questionnaire used to assess health personnel’s knowledge, attitude, and practice towardCOVID‑19. All instruments were validated and pretested before use. Chi‑square test, followed by binarylogistic and multivariate regression, was applied to determine factors associated with knowledge scores.RESULTS: Seven hundred and thirteen health personnel participated, and 703 (98.6%) participantsresponded were analyzed for final results. 95.9% of the health personnel were aware about routeof transmission and clinical symptoms (95.3%) of COVID‑19. 63.7% believed that virus outbreakwould be controlled globally and followed standard precautions (81.8%), including wearing the mask.Further, majority (98.3%) of the participants avoided social contact by not going to crowded placesand not calling people to their homes (82.2%) during the advisory of the government. In binarylogistic regression analyses, the adequate knowledge score found significantly associated withMBBS/bachelor’s degree (odds ratio [OR]: 2.309, confidence interval [CI]: 1.232–4.324, P < 0.009)and master’s degree (OR: 2.944, CI: 1.485–5.835, P < 0.002), working with government health‑carefacility (OR: 3.662, CI: 1.624–8.285, P < 0.002), and holding a post of a physician (OR: 7.735, CI:2.210–27.091, P < 0.001) during outbreak.CONCLUSIONS: The level of education is associated with adequate knowledge scores among thehealth personnel. Type of health‑care facility and post held in a health‑care facility are significantpredictors of adequacy of knowledge.

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Effectiveness of video modules in infection control trainings during COVID‑19 pandemic: A quasi‑experimental study in tertiary care institute

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Feasibility and usefulness of online virtual training of urology residents in times of COVID‑19: A single‑center experience and an evidence‑based strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat analysis

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Corona health‑care warriors in India: knowledge, attitude, and practices during COVID‑19 outbreak

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