Continuing education programme on vaccines for primary healthcare professionals: mixed-method protocol

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 12; no. 6; p. e060094
• Main Authors: González-Cano-Caballero, María, García-Gámez, Marina, Fernández-Fernández, Eloísa, Fernández-Ordoñez, Eloísa, Cano-Caballero, María Dolores, Guerra-Marmolejo, Cristina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 13-06-2022; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Series: Protocol
• Subjects: Clinical competence; Continuing education; Focus groups; Immunization; immunology; Medical education; medical education & training; Medical personnel; Mixed methods research; Nursing; Patient education; preventive medicine; primary care; protocols & guidelines; public health; Questionnaires; Vaccines; protocols & guidelines; primary care; immunology; public health; medical education & training; preventive medicine
• ISSN: 2044-6055; 2044-6055
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060094

IntroductionVaccination is a fundamental intervention in disease prevention; therefore, the advice and recommendations of health professionals have a major influence on the population’s decision to be vaccinated or not. Professionals must have sufficient competencies to carry out their work and recommend vaccination with evidence-based knowledge. The aim is to design and validate a strategy to improve professional competencies in vaccination to positively influence adherence and increase vaccination rates in the population.Methods and analysisTraining will be designed based on evidence and previous studies and piloted with healthcare providers. To test changes in knowledge, a pretest and post-test will be conducted. To test feasibility, a think-aloud method will be used with participants and triangulated with focus groups using SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis. Transfer will be measured using the questionnaire ‘factors for the indirect evaluation of transfer’ and an efficacy questionnaire 1½ months later; for satisfaction, an ad hoc questionnaire will be used. A summative approach will be used for the analysis of the focus groups and descriptive and bivariate statistics for the questionnaires.Ethics and disseminationThis study was approved by the Andalusian Research Ethics Committee, Spain (approval number: 0524-N-20). The results will be made available to the public at journal publications and scientific conferences.