Difficult airway simulation-based training for anaesthesiologists: efficacy and skills retention within six months.

"Declarations Ethical approval and consent to participateThis study was approved by Bogomolets National Medical University Ethical Committee. All participants gave their written informed consent to participate in the study. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. All participants were above 16 years old. Consent for publicationNot Applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding No funding was received for this study."

"A prospective controlled study was conducted at the Postgraduate Department of Surgery, Anaesthesiology, and Intensive Therapy at Bogomolets National Medical University from July to December 2022. The study design was approved by Bogomolets National Medical University ethical committee (protocol #148, 07.09.2021) and retrospectively registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05913492, 12/6/2023). Anaesthesiologists who applied for the continuous medical education course “Difficult Airway Management” were involved in the study. The course was conducted in Kyiv and some of the participants have traveled from other regions of Ukraine to attend it. Information on their current employment and university education was not recorded. None of the participants were employed at the study site. We obtained consent from them to participate anonymously as volunteers. Before the initial training, all participants were interviewed about their experience working in the speciality, difficult airway management, learning at any simulation training, and difficult airway training. Study registration: NCT05913492, clinicaltrials.gov, 22/06/2023."