A Mixed-methods Systematic Review of Just-in-time Training Interventions During Health Emergencies: Types of Interventions and Development Processes

Ann Neville Miller; Andrew Todd; Venkata Naga Sreelalitapriya Duvuuri; Kian Soltani; Rebecca Freihaut; Laura Boutemen; Deanna Sellnow; Kishan Vishanagra; Jessica Hoffman; Timothy Sellnow; Om Patel; Xin Sheng; Shalewa Babatayo; Olga Willard; Heini Utunen; Jane Noyes; Giselle Balanciano

doi:10.1017/dmp.2025.59

A Mixed-methods Systematic Review of Just-in-time Training Interventions During Health Emergencies: Types of Interventions and Development Processes

Ann Neville Miller, Andrew Todd, Venkata Naga Sreelalitapriya Duvuuri, Kian Soltani, Rebecca Freihaut, Laura Boutemen, Deanna Sellnow, Kishan Vishanagra, Jessica Hoffman, Timothy Sellnow, Om Patel, Xin Sheng, Shalewa Babatayo, Olga Willard, Heini Utunen, Jane Noyes, Giselle Balanciano

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AIMS: The World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergency Programme funded three systematic reviews to inform development of guidance for emergency preparedness in health emergencies. The current review investigated the type of learning interventions that have been developed and used during health emergencies, and how they were developed.

METHODS: We searched PubMed, CINAHL, Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCO), and Web of Science. Study quality was appraised by WHO-recommended method-specific checklists. Findings were extracted using a narrative summary approach.

RESULTS: 187 studies were included. Studies were split between online, in-person, and hybrid modalities, conducted mostly by hospitals and universities, and most frequently training nurses and doctors. Studies emphasized experiential learning to develop and reinforce skills; online learning for knowledge dissemination; multi-sectoral partnerships, institutional support and carefully constructed planning task forces, rapid training development and dissemination, and use of training models.

CONCLUSION: It Most studies evaluated only knowledge or self-confidence of trainees. Relatively few assessed skills; evaluations of long-term outcomes were rare. Little evidence is available about comparative effectiveness of different approaches, or optimum frequency and length of training programming. Based on principles induced, six recommendations for future JIT training are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e76
Journal	Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Volume	19
Early online date	28 Mar 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2025.59
Publication status	Published - 28 Mar 2025

Keywords

public health professional
education
pandemics
disaster planning
Civil Defense - methods - education - standards
disaster medicine
Humans
World Health Organization

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Miller, A. N., Todd, A., Duvuuri, V. N. S., Soltani, K., Freihaut, R., Boutemen, L., Sellnow, D., Vishanagra, K., Hoffman, J., Sellnow, T., Patel, O., Sheng, X., Babatayo, S., Willard, O., Utunen, H., Noyes, J., & Balanciano, G. (2025). A Mixed-methods Systematic Review of Just-in-time Training Interventions During Health Emergencies: Types of Interventions and Development Processes. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, 19, e76. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2025.59

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