Impact of Non-Face-to-Face Teaching with Passive Training on Personal Protective Equipment Use in Health Science Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial Rueda-Medina, Blanca Aguilar Ferrándiz, María Encarnación Esteban-Burgos, Ana Alejandra Tapia Haro, Rosa María Casas Barragán, Antonio Velando Soriano, Almudena Gil Gutiérrez, María del Rocío Correa-Rodríguez, María non-face-to-face teaching; passive training personal protective equipment health science students Background: In the COVID-19 era, there was a call for the transformation of higher education. Universities had to combine non-face-to-face teaching with traditional procedures. This study analyzed the effectiveness and perceived satisfaction in a cohort of health sciences students of non-face-to-face teaching with passive training versus face-to-face teaching with active training in the proper donning and doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE) in a clinical simulation scenario. Methods: A total of 142 participants were randomized into two groups: (a) non-face-to-face teaching with passive training; (b) face-to-face teaching with active training. The proper protocol for donning and doffing PPE was assessed. Students evaluated their skills before and after training and satisfaction with training received. Results: Significant differences were observed for the statements “I felt more confident in donning after receiving this training” (p = 0.029) and “I felt more confident in doffing after receiving this training” (p = 0.042) in the face-to-face teaching with active training group compared to the non-face-to-face teaching with passive training group, whose number of tasks violated was significantly higher (p = 0.020). Satisfaction was significantly higher in the face-toface and active training group (p = 0.004). Conclusions: Face-to-face teaching with active training improves effectiveness and satisfaction more than non-face-to-face teaching with passive training for acquiring skills in donning and doffing PPE properly. 2024-09-12T11:40:08Z 2024-09-12T11:40:08Z 2022-10-10 journal article Rueda Medina, B. et. al. nt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12981. [https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912981] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/94407 10.3390/ijerph191912981 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI