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Table 1 OBLS implementation outcomes

From: Evaluating a train-the-trainer approach for implementing obstetric life support in diverse healthcare contexts throughout Arizona: a mixed methods protocol

Outcome

Measure

Reach

- Proportion and representativeness of institutions that offer OBLS, train-the-trainer course completers, and HCWs that participate in courses offered by the newly trained instructors

Effectiveness

- Impact of training on OBLS participants’ knowledge and clinical competencies

- Number of code carts containing OBLS cognitive aids and resuscitative cesarean delivery kits in each implementation site (hospital)

- Number of sites using an OB Arrest Alert (prehospital)

Adoption

- Allocation of resources for OBLS such as staff time and space

Implementation

- Number of OBLS courses completed

- Fidelity of the training delivery

Maintenance

- Extent to which training becomes integrated into routine practice and policy