This study utilized one time corrective feedback in addition to Emergency Response Training (First Aid and Basic Life Support) and compares it to those who underwent Emergency Response Training alone. Specifically, it aimed to determine the knowledge and skills of respondents before, right after and two months after the intervention and compared the knowledge and skills of those who underwent Emergency Response Training with Corrective Feedback versus Emergency Response Training alone, before, after and two months after the intervention. The evaluation utilized a 25-item multiple choice questionnaire for knowledge and a 90-item checklist for skills that was patterned from the Philippine Red Cross. Knowledge evaluation revealed significant difference in the scores of the two groups at 0.00 p value in post-test 2. Group 2 (with corrective feedback) had more passers in post-test 2 even after two months post-intervention as evidenced by 9 additional respondents (25%) who were rated “Satisfactory” as compared to 16 additional respondents (46%) in Group 2 (without corrective feedback). Skills evaluation revealed no significant difference in the skill scores of the two groups. In post-demo 1, p value is at 0.07 and in post-demo 2, p value is at 0.13. If analyzed statistically, the use of demonstration with or without corrective feedback is effective in skills retention when training Emergency Response. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that, corrective feedback after lecture is effective in knowledge retention of both groups. However, incorporating corrective feedback after demonstration was found to have no significant difference with demonstration alone.

Keyword: Emergency response training Corrective feedback versus emergency response training alone