Acute cardiac care & resuscitation
Remote versus in-person pre-service neonatal resuscitation training: A noninferiority randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia
Primary result · Neonatal resuscitation skills assessed by OSCE BResult — go to the resultDifference −0.76 95% CI −1.53 to 0.01Authors' conclusion
Remote training achieved noninferiority to in-person training in resuscitation skill retention at two months among medical students with minimal resuscitation experience, suggesting an effective and promising approach to expanding essential clinical training access globally in resource-limited settings.
Study context
- Population
- Medical students without prior resuscitation training in Jimma, Ethiopiarandomized, 262 attended training and completed assessments, 199 completed assessments at two months
- Participants
- 354 students
- Comparison
- Remote versus in-person neonatal resuscitation training
- Remoten = 177
- In-personn = 177
- Primary endpoint
- Neonatal resuscitation skills assessed by OSCE B
- Follow-up
- Two months after training
Methodological detailsoutcome assessors unmasked; investigators not involved in recruitment masked, intention-to-treat analysis, one-sided t-tests
- Outcome assessors unmasked; investigators not involved in recruitment masked
- Intention-to-treat analysis
- One-sided t-tests
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Difference
−0.76
95% CI −1.53 to 0.01
P < 0.001 for noninferiority
By group
Remote
19.8
mean · SD 3.24
In-person
20.5
mean · SD 2.24
Remotevs in-person
difference −0.76 (95% CI −1.53 to 0.01); P < 0.001 for noninferiority
Non-inferiority margin 13 as printed, not drawn
Further findings
Attended and completed assessments
| Outcome | Remote | In-person |
|---|---|---|
| Training attendance and assessment completion | 123 | 139 |
- Training attendance and assessment completion — male overall
- 51%
Original publication
Remote versus in-person pre-service neonatal resuscitation training: A noninferiority randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia. Resuscitation. Published 20 February 2025. doi:10.
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