• Intensive Crit Care Nurs · Apr 2017

    Capacity building for critical care training delivery: Development and evaluation of the Network for Improving Critical care Skills Training (NICST) programme in Sri Lanka.

    • Tim Stephens, A Pubudu De Silva, Abi Beane, John Welch, Chathurani Sigera, Sunil De Alwis, Priyantha Athapattu, Dilantha Dharmagunawardene, Lalitha Peiris, Somalatha Siriwardana, Ashoka Abeynayaka, Kosala Saroj Amarasena Jayasinghe, Palitha G Mahipala, Arjen Dondorp, Rashan Haniffa, and NICST Collaborating Group.
    • Critical Care Research Team, Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom; William Harvey Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: t.t.stephens@qmul.ac.uk.
    • Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2017 Apr 1; 39: 28-36.

    ObjectivesTo deliver and evaluate a short critical care nurse training course whilst simultaneously building local training capacity.Research MethodologyA multi-modal short course for critical care nursing skills was delivered in seven training blocks, from 06/2013-11/2014. Each training block included a Train the Trainer programme. The project was evaluated using Kirkpatrick's Hierarchy of Learning. There was a graded hand over of responsibility for course delivery from overseas to local faculty between 2013 and 2014.SettingSri Lanka.Main Outcome MeasuresParticipant learning assessed through pre/post course Multi-Choice Questionnaires.ResultsA total of 584 nurses and 29 faculty were trained. Participant feedback was consistently positive and each course demonstrated a significant increase (p≤0.0001) in MCQ scores. There was no significant difference MCQ scores (p=0.186) between overseas faculty led and local faculty led courses.ConclusionsIn a relatively short period, training with good educational outcomes was delivered to nearly 25% of the critical care nursing population in Sri Lanka whilst simultaneously building a local faculty of trainers. Through use of a structured Train the Trainer programme, course outcomes were maintained following the handover of training responsibility to Sri Lankan faculty. The focus on local capacity building increases the possibility of long term course sustainability.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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