Writing tasks are one way students can apply science concepts, yet evaluating students’ writing can be difficult in large classes. With the web-based Calibrated Peer Review* (CPR) system, students submit written work and evaluate each other. Students write a response to a prompt, read and evaluate responses prepared by the curriculum developers, and receive feedback on their evaluations, allowi...

INTRODUCTION Schoolteachers are expected to play a role in teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to schoolchildren, but little is known about their attitudes, actual knowledge and willingness to do so. We conducted a survey about CPR knowledge, preparedness to perform and teach CPR as well as attitude towards an alternative self-learning strategy amongst Flemish teachers. METHODS A que...

The usefulness of basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in school systems has been questioned, considering that young students may not have the physical or cognitive skills required to perform complex tasks correctly. In the study conducted by Fleishhackl and coworkers, students as young as 9 years were able to successfully and effectively learn basic CPR skills, including automate...

Abstract Background Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rates remain fairly low through most communities despite multiple interventions the years. Understanding attitudes and fears behind CPR training performance would help target education to raise of bystander consequently survival victims. 7909 participants at a single-day mass session in Singapore were given survey questionnaires ...

Aim: The aim of the present study was to explore the current literature referring to the new roles of nurses in the modern resuscitation era. meThodS And mATeRiAl: For the present study, a systematic search of international bibliography from both the review and the research literature was performed to sort out articles mainly over the last several years from the Medline, Medscape and Science Di...

Objective The aim of this study was to examine retention of CPR/BLS knowledge of third year nursing and fourth year chiropractic students following instruction and assessment of CPR/BLS skills and knowledge as part of their undergraduate degree program. Design Non‐experimental exploratory survey to determine perceived ability and knowledge of CPR/BLS following completion of CPR/BLS instruction....

BACKGROUND 9-1-1 dispatchers are often the first contact for bystanders witnessing an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. In the time before Emergency Medical Services arrives, dispatcher identification of the need for, and provision of Telephone-CPR (T-CPR) can improve survival. Our study aims to evaluate the use of phone-based standardized patient simulation training to improve identification of ...