Thesis
Human patient simulation training for transnasal endoscopy in speech language pathology: a randomized controlled study
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102734
Abstract
Purpose: Transnasal endoscopy, used for the evaluation of swallowing and vocal fold function, is included in the scope of practice for speech-language pathologists. Guidelines from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) state that students should have an opportunity for hands-on experience in transnasal endoscopy during graduate school but do not state how students should be trained to perform this procedure. The purpose of this study was to compare graduate student clinicians’ transnasal endoscopy competence on a human patient pre- and post- massed practice or distributed practice on a human patient simulator (HPS). Method: Eight second-year speech-language pathology graduate students were randomly assigned to a massed or distributed transnasal endoscopy practice group. The mass practice group completed the baseline human trial, 15 HPS trials, and the final human trial in one week. The distributed practice group completed the baseline human trial and 5 HPS trials during the first week, 5 HPS trials during the second week, and 5 HPS trials and the final human trial during the third week. Results: At the human baseline, the mass practice group was slower than the distributed practice group at performing transnasal endoscopy. By the post-training human trial, time measures for the massed practice group equaled those of the distributed group. With groups combined, significantly faster time measures were found over the course of HPS training trials. Student clinician surveys and procedure checklist scores indicated significant improvements during HPS training, some of which were maintained during the final human trial. Volunteer patient surveys indicated significant improvements on all measures between the initial human trial and posttraining trials.
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- Title
- Human patient simulation training for transnasal endoscopy in speech language pathology
- Creators
- Aimee Christine Stormo
- Contributors
- Nancy L. Potter (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525095901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis