Competency-Based Approach in Teaching Сardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Aim of the study: to develop an additional professional competence «Emergency care in cardiac arrest» and to evaluate a set of tools for its development among the graduating students majoring in general medicine (code 31.05.01).Material and methods. The study was done in two stages. During the first stage, within the framework of PC (professional competence)-11 «Readiness to participate in providing first medical aid in conditions requiring urgent medical intervention» an additional professional competence «Emergency care in cardiac arrest» was developed with the definition of performance assessment. During the second one, the scientific research was conducted at the medical institute of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University during the study of Anesthesiology, resuscitation, and intensive care, which has been included in the block 1 discipline (module) list, being a basic part of the General Medicine curriculum (code 31.05.01). The study involved 140 six-year students majoring in general medicine (code 31.05.01). The students were divided into two groups. The main group included 80 students who studied in 2021 (average age 25±1.5 years), while the control group comprised 60 participants who studied in 2019 (average age 25.9±1.6 years, retrospective analysis).Results. An additional professional competence «Emergency care in cardiac arrest» and its stratified structure have been developed. Specific elements were elaborated for each component stratum. Based on the developed elements, which were mastered by the student in the process of training, the necessary competence was developed. The novel pedagogical technologies in the curriculum contributed to more effective learning and development of the competence. The levels of development of additional professional competence «Emergency care in cardiac arrest» differed between the groups. Most students in the control group had a threshold level of competence. The basic and advanced levels of competence were significantly higher among the students in the main group compared with the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion. We have shown the necessity of developing an additional professional competence «Emergency treatment in case of cardiac arrest» within the «Readiness to participate in providing first medical aid in conditions requiring urgent medical intervention» PC-11. We have successfully implemented and validated in practice the system of development of additional professional competence using pedagogical innovations, including those based on advanced information and communication technologies.