Oh Song, Cobb Brooklyn T, Hollands James M, Kavelak Haley L, Waite Laura H, Bingham Angela L
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Saint Joseph's University.
St. Luke's University Health Network.
Innov Pharm. 2023 Nov 20;14(4). doi: 10.24926/iip.v14i4.5730. eCollection 2023.
The performance of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) improves survival among cardiac arrest victims. Near-peer teaching of Basic Life Support (BLS) may be an effective way to deliver resuscitation education. This article aims to assess the effectiveness of a student pharmacist-led American Heart Association (AHA) BLS course on high school students' knowledge and skill achievement. Student pharmacists were trained as AHA instructors and delivered BLS certification courses to high school students. Participants completed pre- and post-assessments adapted from the course learning objectives. Skills performance was evaluated using the AHA's standardized forms. Participants completed questions regarding their perceptions of the pharmacist's role in BLS and confidence in pursuing a career in healthcare. There were 321 participants with the majority in 11th or 12th grade (86.6%) and attending public school (99.1%). After completing the training, the mean percentage of correct assessment responses increased from 41.2% to 89% (p <0.0001). All participants correctly performed BLS skills. Most participants strongly agreed or agreed that the course changed their perspective of the pharmacist's role during BLS (74.8%) and increased their confidence in their decision to pursue future careers in healthcare (61.7%). Student pharmacist-led BLS training, using near-peer delivery, improves high school students' knowledge and skill achievement. This strategy promotes high school students' positive perceptions regarding pharmacists and their role in BLS, as well as their confidence in pursuing careers in healthcare.
旁观者实施心肺复苏术（CPR）可提高心脏骤停患者的生存率。基础生命支持（BLS）的近同伴教学可能是开展复苏教育的有效方式。本文旨在评估由学生药剂师主导的美国心脏协会（AHA）BLS课程对高中生知识和技能掌握情况的有效性。学生药剂师接受了AHA教员培训，并为高中生提供BLS认证课程。参与者完成了根据课程学习目标改编的课前和课后评估。技能表现使用AHA的标准化表格进行评估。参与者完成了关于他们对药剂师在BLS中的角色的看法以及对从事医疗保健职业的信心的问题。共有321名参与者，大多数为11年级或12年级学生（86.6%），且就读于公立学校（99.1%）。完成培训后，评估正确回答的平均百分比从41.2%提高到了89%（p<0.0001）。所有参与者都正确地执行了BLS技能。大多数参与者强烈同意或同意该课程改变了他们对药剂师在BLS期间角色的看法（74.8%），并增强了他们对未来从事医疗保健职业的决定的信心（61.7%）。由学生药剂师主导的BLS培训，采用近同伴授课方式，提高了高中生的知识和技能掌握情况。这一策略促进了高中生对药剂师及其在BLS中的角色的积极看法，以及他们对从事医疗保健职业的信心。
