Evaluation of Health Professional Learners' Competence in Newborn Positioning and Attachment Following a Standardized Patient-led Lactation Skills Workshop
- Conditions
- BreastfeedingPatient Simulation
- Interventions
- Other: Breastfeeding Skills Workshop
- Registration Number
- NCT04717128
- Lead Sponsor
- LiquidGoldConcept
- Brief Summary
Evaluating newborn positioning and attachment is a key skill for maternal-child healthcare providers. Trainees have limited opportunities to practice this skill in their clinical rotations due to a lack of access to lactating patients. Thus, positioning and attachment training is traditionally conducted through passive modalities, primarily videos.
Investigators aim to evaluate the impact of an interactive breastfeeding skills workshop using a baby doll on health professional learners' ability to identify effective and ineffective positioning and attachment at the breast.
- Detailed Description
Faculty at the University of Michigan School of Public Health (UM-SPH), Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHUSON), and Michigan State University (MSU) are collaborating with LiquidGoldConcept (LGC), a company focusing on simulation-based training in maternal-child care, to evaluate the impact of high-fidelity simulation on health professional learner outcomes. For the Phase I SBIR, LGC is developing a high-fidelity newborn simulator for healthcare professional education in clinical lactation.
Evaluating newborn positioning and attachment is a key skill for maternal-child healthcare providers. Trainees have limited opportunities to practice this skill in their clinical rotations due to a lack of access to lactating patients. Thus, positioning and attachment training is traditionally conducted through passive modalities, primarily videos.
Investigators aim to evaluate the impact of an interactive breastfeeding skills workshop using a baby doll on health professional learners' ability to identify effective and ineffective positioning and attachment at the breast.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
- Enrollment in a health professional training program (e.g. medical student, nursing student, physician resident)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Baby doll with user remote controlled jaw Breastfeeding Skills Workshop In this arm, standardized patients will use the Newborn Oral Assessment and Latch Simulator (NORALSim) to demonstrate and teach newborn positioning and attachment in the breastfeeding skills workshop. Baby doll with hand controlled jaw Breastfeeding Skills Workshop In this arm, standardized patients will use a cloth baby doll with a puppet-style mouth to demonstrate and teach newborn positioning and attachment in the breastfeeding skills workshop.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method (Pre-Intervention) Competence in Evaluating Newborn Positioning and Attachment Day 1 (Pre-Intervention) Participants will complete a pre-intervention knowledge check on newborn positioning and attachment prior to and immediately following the Breastfeeding Skills Workshop. The knowledge check will consist of 5 true-false questions. For each question, the participant will watch a 3-second clip of positioning and attachment and respond to the question "True or False, I would recommend adjustments to this dyad's positioning and attachment." For each true/false question, participants will respond to a multiple-choice question with 4 options on why they would or would not make adjustments to the dyad.
(Post-Intervention) Competence in Evaluating Newborn Positioning and Attachment Day 1 (Post-Intervention) Participants will complete a post-intervention knowledge check on newborn positioning and attachment prior to and immediately following the Breastfeeding Skills Workshop. The knowledge check will consist of 5 true-false questions. For each question, the participant will watch a 3-second clip of positioning and attachment and respond to the question "True or False, I would recommend adjustments to this dyad's positioning and attachment." For each true/false question, participants will respond to a multiple-choice question with 4 options on why they would or would not make adjustments to the dyad.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Performance of Clinical Lactation Skills related to positioning and attachment in a Video-based Simulation (Telesimulation) 1-12 weeks An independent rater will watch audio-video recordings of the telesimulation and grade learner's completion of technical skills relevant to positioning and attachment according to a 14-point checklist (Point values: 0=did not complete, 1=did complete)
Satisfaction with the Breastfeeding Skills Workshop 1-12 weeks Participants will complete a 6-item satisfaction survey immediately following completion of the second telesimulation with the following items. Participants will rate their agreement on a 6-point Likert scale (1=strongly disagree, 6=strongly agree)
1. The skills workshop helped me prepare for the positioning and attachment telesimulation.
2. The multiple-choice questions helped me prepare for the positioning and attachment telesimulation.
3. What was expected of me as a health professional during the telesimulation was appropriate for my level of training.
4. The amount of time allotted for the telesimulation was adequate.
5. The standardized patient in the telesimulation was a realistic breastfeeding mother.
6. The newborn simulator distracted from the realism of the telesimulation.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
LiquidGoldConcept
🇺🇸Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States