This study aimed to evaluate perceptions of safety and preparedness among health workers caring for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients before and after a multi-professional simulation-based course in Pakistan. Health workers’ perceptions of preparedness, safety, and their willingness to care for COVID-19 patients were measured before and after they attended a simulation-based training course to prepare them to care for COVID-19 patients at Combined Military Hospital Landi Kotal Cantt, from March 1 to April 30, 2020. The participants’ perceived level of safety and preparedness to care for COVID-19 patients before the simulation-based course was low, but increased after completing it (P<0.05). They felt confident and were significantly more willing to care for patients with COVID-19 or other infections requiring strict isolation. Simulation-based training is an effective tool to improve perceptions of risk and readiness to deal with COVID-19 among medical and non-medical health workers in Pakistan.

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基于多职业模拟的培训对护理COVID-19患者的巴基斯坦卫生工作者的安全性和防范意识的影响

这项研究旨在评估在巴基斯坦进行基于多专业模拟的课程之前和之后，在护理冠状病毒病2019（COVID-19）的医护人员中的安全性和防范意识。在联合军事医院兰迪·科塔尔·坎特（Landi Kotal Cantt）参加基于模拟的培训课程之前和之后，测量了卫生工作者对COVID-19患者的准备情况，安全性及其护理意愿的看法，从2020年3月1日至4月30日。参与者在基于模拟的课程之前的安全性和对COVID-19患者的护理准备水平感知程度较低，但在完成模拟课程后有所提高（P <0.05）。他们感到有信心，并且更加愿意照顾患有COVID-19或其他需要严格隔离的感染的患者。