Selected Abstracts from the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine

Abstract

A1 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills self-training with a novel automated-feedback device: impact in compressions performance Topic: Assessment Abel Nicolau1,2, Carla Sá-Couto1,2, Isabel Sousa3, Pedro Vieira-Marques2,3 1Biomedical Simulation Center, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Portugal; 2Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Portugal; 3Informatics Service, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Portugal Correspondence: Carla Sá-Couto (csacouto@med.up.pt) Introduction Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital action that may double or quadruple the survival rate from cardiac arrest. SEE PDF] A3 Validating a French-language version of Health Communication Assessment Tool: Content validity, test-retest reliability, interrater agreement, and implications for further development Topic: Assessment Anh Nguyet Diep1, Jean-Christophe Servotte1, Nadia Dardenne1, Sophie Vanbelle2, Vanessa Wauthier3, Méryl Hajaoui1, Jonathan Goffoy1, Anne-Francoise Donneau1, Alexandre Ghuysen1 1University of Liège, Belgium; 2Maastricht University, The Netherlands; 3Centre Hospitalier Régional de Namur, Belgium Correspondence: Anh Nguyet Diep (anhnguyet.diep@uliege.be) Introduction The assessment of the communication skills of nurses in clinical settings bears both practical and educational significance. Based on cognitive fluency perspective, we developed three simulated scenarios registering three levels of skill performance, including low, medium, and high demonstration. [...]the psychometric properties of the HCAT instrument can be thoroughly examined. [...]the instrument was translated from English to French using back-translation technique.