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Table 2 Proportion of participants who were knowledgeable and confident for each item and station at pre- and post-IMPROVE workshop (Australian workshops conducted from May 2012 to October 2014; International workshops conducted from November 2013 to May 2015)

From: Evaluation of an international educational programme for health care professionals on best practice in the management of a perinatal death: IMproving Perinatal mortality Review and Outcomes Via Education (IMPROVE)

 

Australian (N = 622)

International (N = 65)

Item

Pre (%)

Post (%)

Pre (%)

Post (%)

Station 1 - Communicating Perinatal autopsy

 1.1

56.4

99.2a

54.1

100.0a

 1.2

70.6

99.4a

49.2

96.7a

 1.3

28.2

95.2a

49.2

95.1a

 Overall Station 1 Results

19.9

94.7a

23.0

95.1a

Station 2 - Autopsy and placenta examination

 2.1

51.9

99.0a

36.1

93.4a

 2.2

53.7

88.4a

47.5

90.2a

 2.3

24.3

92.0a

39.3

82.0a

 Overall Station 2 Results

13.7

84.6a

19.7

77.0a

Station 3 – Investigation of Perinatal Deaths

 3.1

44.7

96.4a

31.1

87.9a

 3.2

28.8

97.4a

31.1

88.5a

 3.3

21.5

92.6a

31.1

91.8a

 Overall Station 3 Results

15.0

90.8a

19.7

82.0a

Station 4 – Examination of baby

 4.1

19.5

95.7a

23.0

95.1a

 4.2

55.1

96.0a

59.0

88.5b

 4.3

32.6

89.7a

31.1

93.4a

 Overall Station 4 Results

12.9

87.3a

13.1

85.2a

Station 5 – Audit and Classification

 5.1

25.7

97.1a

41.0

95.1a

 5.2

14.1

86.7a

36.1

93.4a

 Overall Station 5 Results

10.9

86.0a

29.5

91.8a

Station 6 - Bereavement

 6.1

56.6

94.5a

60.7

96.7a

 6.2

55.8

96.8a

52.5

98.4a

 Overall Station 6 Results

43.6

92.6a

45.9

95.1a

  1. a p <0.001; b p < 0.01 for difference between pre- and post-workshop as assessed by McNemar’s test