An Interprofessional E-Learning Resource to Prepare Students for Clinical Practice in the Operating Room—A Mixed Method Study from the Students’ Perspective
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. The E-Learning Resource
2.3. Participants
2.4. Data Collection
2.4.1. Questionnaire
2.4.2. Focus Group Interviews
2.5. Data Analysis
2.5.1. Questionnaire—Quantitative Data
2.5.2. Focus Group Interviews—Qualitative Data
2.6. Ethical Considerations
3. Results
3.1. The E-Learning Resource in Preparation for Clinical Placement at the OR
“You want to be as well prepared as possible when you arrive. Although you may not be able to practice so much practically wearing gloves and such things, you want to be able to see… because then it is good because then you can see it over and over again… and you become a little more confident when you come out if you have seen it…”(Perioperative nurse)
3.2. The Students’ Perception of the Content in the Learning Resource
“Another suggestion is to also inform about what happens when something goes wrong, for example when we get unsterile or similar. So that when and if it happens it will not be so huge but you know what to do if it happens and how to handle this. Takes a little bit of the stress boost…”(Medical student)
3.3. Design and Layout of the E-Learning Resource
“It is confusing the whole arrangement I think... you do not know which (learning activity) one is inside and so you click back, and you end up somewhere else... it is difficult to remember...”(Perioperative nursing student)
3.4. Interprofessional Perspective
“We are lacking an overall picture of what is happening at the operating room, a description of the flow. To be able to prepare even better. A kind of “patient journey” through the flow to the surgery department and also a “staff journey” to gain an increased understanding of other professions in the surgery. That is generally lacking in teaching in general.”(Medical student)
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Learning Outcome | Learning Activity | Format | Running Time (min) |
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The student shall understand the structure of an operation ward | OR design | Recorded audio lecture | 5.04 |
The student shall understand the different professions working at the OR and their responsibilities | Professions | Recorded audio lecture | 4.24 |
The student shall have knowledge regarding the hygiene routine at the OR | Hygiene Routine | Recorded audio lecture | 0.45 |
The student shall be able to describe the radiation safety at OR | Radiation Safety | Recorded audio lecture | 2.34 |
The student shall be able to perform a sterile gloving technique | Gloving technique | Recorded audio movie | 1.40 |
The student shall be able to perform a perioperative surgical hand preparation | Surgical hand preparation | Recorded audio movie | 4.01 |
All Students n = 52 | 4th Year Medical Students n = 24 | 1st Year Perioperative Nursing Students n = 16 | 3rd Year Nursing Students n = 12 | |
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Age mean (range) | 34.0 (21–55) | 29.5 (22–47) | 38.4 (26–55) | 34.9 (21–52) |
Gender (%) | ||||
Male | 33 (63) | 13 (54) | 4 (25) | 2 (17) |
Female | 19 (37) | 11 (46) | 12 (75) | 10 (83) |
Previous experience of OR (%) | ||||
Yes | 31 (60) | 12 (50) | 13 | 6 (50) |
No | 19 (37) | 10 (42) | 3 | 6 (50) |
Missing | 2 (3) | 2 (8) | 0 | |
Had used the e-resource (%) | ||||
Yes | 34 (65) | 13 (54) | 12 (75) | 9 (75) |
No | 18 (36) | 11 (46) | 4 (25) | 3 (25) |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Fagerdahl, A.-M.; Torbjörnsson, E.; Sondén, A. An Interprofessional E-Learning Resource to Prepare Students for Clinical Practice in the Operating Room—A Mixed Method Study from the Students’ Perspective. Healthcare 2021, 9, 1028. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9081028
Fagerdahl A-M, Torbjörnsson E, Sondén A. An Interprofessional E-Learning Resource to Prepare Students for Clinical Practice in the Operating Room—A Mixed Method Study from the Students’ Perspective. Healthcare. 2021; 9(8):1028. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9081028
Chicago/Turabian StyleFagerdahl, Ann-Mari, Eva Torbjörnsson, and Anders Sondén. 2021. "An Interprofessional E-Learning Resource to Prepare Students for Clinical Practice in the Operating Room—A Mixed Method Study from the Students’ Perspective" Healthcare 9, no. 8: 1028. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9081028