Super Divya, an Interactive Digital Storytelling Instructional Comic Series to Sustain Facilitation Skills of Labor and Delivery Nurse Mentors in Bihar, India—A Pilot Study

Anika Kalra, Nidhi Subramaniam, Ojungsangla Longkumer, Manju Siju, Liya Susan Jose, Rohit Srivastava, Sunny Lin, Seema Handu, Sudha Murugesan, Mikelle Lloyd, Solange Madriz, Alisa Jenny, Kevin Thorn, Kimberly Calkins, Heidi Breeze-Harris, Susanna R. Cohen, Rakesh Ghosh and Dilys Walker
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Anika Kalra: Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
Nidhi Subramaniam: PRONTO India Foundation, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ojungsangla Longkumer: PRONTO India Foundation, Patna 800025, Bihar, India
Manju Siju: PRONTO India Foundation, Patna 800025, Bihar, India
Liya Susan Jose: PRONTO India Foundation, Patna 800025, Bihar, India
Rohit Srivastava: PRONTO India Foundation, Patna 800025, Bihar, India
Sunny Lin: Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
Seema Handu: PRONTO India Foundation, Patna 800025, Bihar, India
Sudha Murugesan: CARE India, Patna 800025, Bihar, India
Mikelle Lloyd: Department of OB/GYN, The University of Utah, 30 North 1900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
Solange Madriz: Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
Alisa Jenny: Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
Kevin Thorn: NuggetHead Studioz, LLC, 1862 Gracie Road, Hernando, MS 38632, USA
Kimberly Calkins: PRONTO International, 5419 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103, USA
Heidi Breeze-Harris: PRONTO International, 5419 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103, USA
Susanna R. Cohen: Department of OB/GYN, The University of Utah, 30 North 1900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
Rakesh Ghosh: Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
Dilys Walker: Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: To improve the quality of intrapartum care in public health facilities of Bihar, India, a statewide quality improvement program was implemented. Nurses participated in simulation sessions to improve their clinical, teamwork, and communication skills. Nurse mentors, tasked with facilitating these sessions, received training in best practices. To support the mentors in the on-going facilitation of these trainings, we developed a digital, interactive, comic series starring “Super Divya”, a simulation facilitation superhero. The objective of these modules was to reinforce key concepts of simulation facilitation in a less formal and more engaging way than traditional didactic lessons. This virtual platform offers the flexibility to watch modules frequently and at preferred times. This pilot study involved 205 simulation educators who were sent one module at a time. Shortly before sending the first module, nurses completed a baseline knowledge survey, followed by brief surveys after each module to assess change in knowledge. Significant improvements in knowledge were observed across individual scores from baseline to post-survey. A majority found Super Divya modules to be acceptable and feasible to use as a learning tool. However, a few abstract concepts in the modules were not well-understood, suggesting that more needs to be done to communicate their core meaning of these concepts.

Keywords: low- and middle-income countries; low resource settings; virtual intervention; health providers; simulation; mentoring and training; instructional comic; digital storytelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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