Participants’ responses
| SN | Questions | Number of participants who gave the correct answers (N=64) | P value | |
| Pretest | Post-test | |||
| Screening related | ||||
| 1 | Most common cause of murmur in adolescents | 60 (94%) | 55 (86%) | 0.13 |
| 2 | Most common age for RF | 52 (81%) | 64 (100%) | 0.001 |
| 3 | Most common presentation of RF | 50 (78%) | 58 (91%) | 0.04 |
| 4 | Most likely cause of a sore throat | 16 (25%) | 16 (25%) | 0.83 |
| 5 | Not a feature of bacterial sore throat | 43 (67%) | 62 (97%) | <0.001 |
| 6 | Prevalence of RF/RHD | 26 (41%) | 55 (86%) | <0.001 |
| Diagnosis related | ||||
| 7 | Natural history of RF | 30 (47%) | 51 (80%) | <0.001 |
| 8 | Confirmatory test for RF | 7 (11%) | 5 (8%) | 0.69 |
| 9 | Patient with RF with dancing movement | 44 (69%) | 60 (94%) | <0.001 |
| 10 | Complication of RF | 8 (13%) | 33 (52%) | <0.001 |
| Management related | ||||
| 11 | Prevention of RF/RHD | 58 (91%) | 61 (95%) | 0.51 |
| 12 | Preferred antibiotic to treat GAS | 22 (34%) | 49 (77%) | <0.001 |
| 13 | Preferred antibiotic for prophylaxis of RF | 49 (77%) | 51 (80%) | 0.75 |
| 14 | Prophylaxis against RF prevents progression of | 17 (27%) | 40 (63%) | <0.001 |
| 15 | Serious adverse effect of penicillin | 39 (61%) | 57 (89%) | <0.001 |
| 16 | Drug of choice in penicillin-allergic patients | 44 (69%) | 56 (88%) | 0.01 |
| 17 | Prevention of anaphylaxis due to BPG | 54 (84%) | 62 (97%) | 0.04 |
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| 18 | Aetiopathological nature of RF | 20 (31%) | 47 (73%) | <0.001 |
| 19 | Confidence in differentiating bacterial from viral sore throat clinically | 41 (64%) | 59 (92%) | |
| 20 | Confidence in recognising, evaluating and managing a case of RF/RHD | 43 (67%) | 60 (94%) | |
Significant at p<0.05.
BPG, benzathine penicillin G; GAS, Group A Streptococcus; RF, rheumatic fever; RHD, rheumatic heart disease.