The Impact of First Aid Blended Learning Training on Learning Outcomes and Helping Behaviour of Adult Laypeople in Rwanda

The Impact of First Aid Training, Delivered Via a Face-to-face or Blended Learning Approach, on Learning Outcomes and Helping Behaviour of Adult Laypeople in Rwanda: a Randomised Controlled Trial

The goal of this study is to assess the impact of a first aid training delivered through a blended learning approach on learning outcomes and helping behaviour in adult laypeople in Rwanda.

Participants will be randomly assigned to either:

• a first aid training with blended learning approach;
• a first aid training with conventional face-to-face approach;
• no first aid training.

All participants will be asked before, immediately after, and 6 months after the first aid trainings to complete

• a questionnaire on first aid-related knowledge, self-efficacy, and willingness to help;
• a practical test on first aid-related skills.

The helping behaviour of the participants will be surveyed before and 6 months after the first aid trainings have been completed.

Researchers will compare the effects in learning outcomes and helping behaviour after 6 months between:

• the first aid training with blended learning approach and no first aid training;
• the first aid training with blended learning approach and first aid training with conventional face-to-face approach.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult (≥ 18 years) laypeople
• Access to a smartphone or tablet, which is able to install and run a mobile application

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having attended a first aid training in the past
• Having an academic or professional background in the (para)medical field