Fatemeh Erfanian Arghavanian - a) Assistant Professor, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran b) Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Javad Malekzadeh - Lecturer, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Gholam Ali Mamouri - a) Professor of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neonatal Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran b) Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Talat Khadivzadeh - a) Associate Professor, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran b) Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Background & aim: Some studies have called into question medical students' competency in neonatal resuscitation. Therefore applying standard training methods has been recommended. This study compared the effect of Structured Clinical Instruction Module (SCIM) and video-assisted Instructor -led training (ILT) in accelerating and retention of students’ knowledge and skill in neonatal resuscitation.Methods: In this experimental study ۴۸ nursing and midwifery students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad Iran, who did not attended in any related education, were allocated in SCIM, VT and control group through stratified randomization. In SCIM group, after lecture, six groups of students rotated through six stations, trained and practiced under supervision of six instructors.  In VT group after lecture an instructional video presented then students repeated the video and discussed its content with each other and instructor. Before, after and one month following workshops all students participated in an OSCE to assess their cognitive, technical and behavioral skills. Paired t-test and One-way ANOVA were used for data analysis.Results: In post-test, both groups of SCIM and VT had better performance than control group (p<.۰۰۱, p<.۰۰۱, respectively). But SCIM group demonstrated a marked improvement compared with VT group (۲۰۲.۹۷±۱۶.۶ vs ۱۷۳.۶±۱۵.۳ (P<۰.۰۰۱). There was a significant difference between students’ comfort and confidence in both SCIM and VT groups (P<۰/۰۰۱). In retention test total score between three groups showed significant difference (P<۰.۰۰۱); whilst the SCIM group had significantly better performance (P<۰.۰۰۱).Conclusion: SCIM is an effective method in acquisition and retention of neonatal resuscitation skill. So its application is recommended in the neonatal resuscitation training.

neonate, Resuscitation, Students, Training, Clinical Skill