Human Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis Knowledge and Retention Among Health Professionals by Using an Online Continuing Education Module: Arizona, 2012 to 2015
Autor: | Heather Venkat, Craig Levy, Jigna Narang, James Matthews, Rebecca Sunenshine, Laura Adams, Andrean M Bunko, Jessica R. White, Tammy Sylvester |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
030505 public health Health professionals business.industry Public health education Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Continuing education medicine.disease Knowledge retention Article Test (assessment) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Test score Epidemiology Physical therapy Medicine Rabies 030212 general & internal medicine 0305 other medical science business |
Zdroj: | Pedagogy in Health Promotion. 5:14-23 |
ISSN: | 2373-3802 2373-3799 |
Popis: | Rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) is administered for rabies prevention after a human exposure to a potentially rabid animal, such as a bite. Previous studies have reported that rabies PEP is often inappropriately administered. Health professional education was proposed as one potential solution to address inappropriate PEP use. We assessed baseline knowledge, knowledge gain, and knowledge retention among health professionals in Arizona of rabies epidemiology and appropriate PEP administration. Maricopa County Department of Public Health created an online rabies PEP continuing education module and measured knowledge before and after module completion using a 10-question test. The same test was administered three times (pretest, posttest, and retention test at ≥3 months). To assess knowledge gain and retention, we compared median scores using nonparametric methods. A total of 302 respondents completed the pretest (median score, 60%) and posttest (median score, 90%; p < .001); 98 respondents completed all three tests with median scores 60% (pretest), 90% (posttest, p < .01), and 80% (retention test and compared with pretest, p < .01). Sixty-nine (70%) respondents improved their pretest to retention test score by a mean of 2.4 points out of a total 10 points (median: 2 points; range: −5 to 7 points). Only 48% of pretest respondents correctly answered that PEP should not be administered immediately to anyone bitten by a healthy dog. However, 81% and 70% answered correctly on the posttest ( p < .0001) and retention test ( p = .002), respectively. Respondents demonstrated rabies epidemiology and PEP knowledge gain and ≥3-month knowledge retention after completing the online continuing education module. |
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