Using Micro-Learning to Enhance Knowledge and Skills of Airway Management in Nurse Anesthesia Students: An Interventional Study

Background: As a subfield of E-Learning, Micro-Learning provides asynchronous instruction to reduce mental strain and boost understanding by delivering educational content in bite-sized, concise learning modules. This study aimed to investigate the effect of Micro-Learning on the airway management...

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Main Authors: Masoumeh Albooghobeish, Alireza Ghalandeh, Ali Khalafi, Mohammad Hosein Haghighizadeh
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Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2024-07-01
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Online Access:https://aacc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/aacc/article/view/997
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author Masoumeh Albooghobeish
Alireza Ghalandeh
Ali Khalafi
Mohammad Hosein Haghighizadeh
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description Background: As a subfield of E-Learning, Micro-Learning provides asynchronous instruction to reduce mental strain and boost understanding by delivering educational content in bite-sized, concise learning modules. This study aimed to investigate the effect of Micro-Learning on the airway management knowledge and skills of nurse anesthesia students. Methods: This Non-Randomized Controlled study, employing a Pre-test-Post-test design, included 52 nurse anesthesia students in Iran. Participants were first assessed with a Pre-test, and then assigned to either the M-L M (n=26) or T M (n=26) groups. Over three weeks, the M-L M group received Micro-Learning-based materials through social media, while the T M group received traditional face-to-face instruction. The intervention focused on airway management during peri-induction of general anesthesia. Then, the first and second Post-tests were given to assess the acquisition and retention of knowledge and skills, using a researcher-made instrument called AMAI-NA. Results: Based on within-group comparisons, in both M-L M and T M groups mean scores of both Knowledge and Skills significantly increased from the Pre-test to 1st Post-test, then declined from 1st Post-test to 2nd Post-test. Yet, 2nd Post-test mean scores remained significantly higher than the Pre-test for both groups. Based on Inter-group comparisons, despite the absence of a statistically significant difference in Pre-test mean scores between the two groups, the mean scores for Knowledge and Skills of the M-L M group were significantly higher than those of the T M group in 1st and 2nd Post-tests. Furthermore, the M-L M group exhibited a greater increase in mean scores from the Pre-test to 1st and 2nd Post-tests compared to the T M group, as well as a lesser decrease from 1st Post-test to 2nd Post-test. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that Micro-Learning significantly enhanced the acquisition and retention of knowledge and skills related to airway management, compared to the traditional method.
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spelling doaj-art-33d4238de54041319006ccbf9dfb9e262025-02-09T08:53:33ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesArchives of Anesthesia and Critical Care2423-58492024-07-0111110.18502/aacc.v11i1.17485Using Micro-Learning to Enhance Knowledge and Skills of Airway Management in Nurse Anesthesia Students: An Interventional StudyMasoumeh Albooghobeish0Alireza Ghalandeh1Ali Khalafi2Mohammad Hosein Haghighizadeh3Department of Anesthesology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur Univercity of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.Department of Anesthesology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur Univercity of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.Department of Anesthesology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur Univercity of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. Background: As a subfield of E-Learning, Micro-Learning provides asynchronous instruction to reduce mental strain and boost understanding by delivering educational content in bite-sized, concise learning modules. This study aimed to investigate the effect of Micro-Learning on the airway management knowledge and skills of nurse anesthesia students. Methods: This Non-Randomized Controlled study, employing a Pre-test-Post-test design, included 52 nurse anesthesia students in Iran. Participants were first assessed with a Pre-test, and then assigned to either the M-L M (n=26) or T M (n=26) groups. Over three weeks, the M-L M group received Micro-Learning-based materials through social media, while the T M group received traditional face-to-face instruction. The intervention focused on airway management during peri-induction of general anesthesia. Then, the first and second Post-tests were given to assess the acquisition and retention of knowledge and skills, using a researcher-made instrument called AMAI-NA. Results: Based on within-group comparisons, in both M-L M and T M groups mean scores of both Knowledge and Skills significantly increased from the Pre-test to 1st Post-test, then declined from 1st Post-test to 2nd Post-test. Yet, 2nd Post-test mean scores remained significantly higher than the Pre-test for both groups. Based on Inter-group comparisons, despite the absence of a statistically significant difference in Pre-test mean scores between the two groups, the mean scores for Knowledge and Skills of the M-L M group were significantly higher than those of the T M group in 1st and 2nd Post-tests. Furthermore, the M-L M group exhibited a greater increase in mean scores from the Pre-test to 1st and 2nd Post-tests compared to the T M group, as well as a lesser decrease from 1st Post-test to 2nd Post-test. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that Micro-Learning significantly enhanced the acquisition and retention of knowledge and skills related to airway management, compared to the traditional method. https://aacc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/aacc/article/view/997Micro-LearningE-LearningNurse AnesthesiaSkillKnowledgeIran
spellingShingle Masoumeh Albooghobeish
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Ali Khalafi
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Using Micro-Learning to Enhance Knowledge and Skills of Airway Management in Nurse Anesthesia Students: An Interventional Study
Archives of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Micro-Learning
E-Learning
Nurse Anesthesia
Skill
Knowledge
Iran
title Using Micro-Learning to Enhance Knowledge and Skills of Airway Management in Nurse Anesthesia Students: An Interventional Study
title_full Using Micro-Learning to Enhance Knowledge and Skills of Airway Management in Nurse Anesthesia Students: An Interventional Study
title_fullStr Using Micro-Learning to Enhance Knowledge and Skills of Airway Management in Nurse Anesthesia Students: An Interventional Study
title_full_unstemmed Using Micro-Learning to Enhance Knowledge and Skills of Airway Management in Nurse Anesthesia Students: An Interventional Study
title_short Using Micro-Learning to Enhance Knowledge and Skills of Airway Management in Nurse Anesthesia Students: An Interventional Study
title_sort using micro learning to enhance knowledge and skills of airway management in nurse anesthesia students an interventional study
topic Micro-Learning
E-Learning
Nurse Anesthesia
Skill
Knowledge
Iran
url https://aacc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/aacc/article/view/997
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