Leaderboards to improve CPR practice among healthcare professionals
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Using leaderboards to improve CPR simulation practice among healthcare professionals
IRAS ID
205617
Contact name
Todd Chang
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 1 days
Research summary
Frequent, self-initiated practice on a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) mannequin has shown improvement in CPR technique and eventually improvements in outcomes of inpatients who require CPR. The objective of this study is to monitor whether the use of a leaderboard can increase in frequency for CPR practice and skill.
This is a cluster-randomized crossover study, meaning Royal Brompton subjects will have access to the leaderboard 4 out of 8 months during the study. The leaderboards will contain the top CPR performance scores from other healthcare professionals in the study in the US, Canada, UK, and Sweden.
Staff employed at Royal Brompton Hospital in Paediatrics who are expected to be certified in Basic Life Support are invited to participate. All subjects will be provided with a unique coded Study ID pre-assigned to them, as well as unique URL and QR code for data entry specific to their own Study ID. Access to a QCPR mannequin will be provided that can be used to practice CPR skills in 2 min sessions. QCPR software provides feedback on performance of CPR on the mannequin. Subjects will be asked to complete a demographic survey and upload their QCPR performance scores using the QR code. We will ask participants to provide photographic evidence of their scores by taking a photograph with their phones of the QCPR score displayed on the SkillsReporter attached to the QCPR mannequin. They are not required to appear in the photo, but may do so as a documentation of achievement.
This research does not use patient data. The only direct benefit from participation is that better CPR techniques may be developed.
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