Video-based instructions for surgical hand disinfection as a replacement for conventional tuition? A randomised, blind comparative study
Introduction: Various different learning methods are available for planning tuition regarding the introduction to surgical hand disinfection. These learning methods should help to organise and deal with this topic. The use of a video film is an alternative to conventional tuition due to the real pre...
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| author | Weber, Uwe Constantinescu, Mihai A. Woermann, Ulrich Schmitz, Felix Schnabel, Kai |
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| description | Introduction: Various different learning methods are available for planning tuition regarding the introduction to surgical hand disinfection. These learning methods should help to organise and deal with this topic. The use of a video film is an alternative to conventional tuition due to the real presentation possibilities of practical demonstration. Objective: This study examines by way of comparison which form of communication is more effective for learning and applying surgical hand disinfection for medical students in their first year of studies: video-based instruction or conventional tuition. Methodology: A total of 50 first-year medical students were randomly allocated either to the “Conventional Instruction” (CI) study group or to the “Video-based Instruction” (VI) study group. The conventional instruction was carried out by an experienced nurse preceptor/nurse educator for the operating theatre who taught the preparatory measures and the actual procedure in a two-minute lesson. The second group watched a two-minute video sequence with identical content. Afterwards, both groups demonstrated practically the knowledge they had acquired at an individual practical test station. The quality (a) of the preparation and (b) of the procedure as well as (c) the quality of the results was assessed by 6 blind experts using a check list. The acceptability of the respective teaching method was also asked about using a questionnaire.Results: The group performance did not differ either in the preparation (=-78, <0.44) or in the quality (=-99, <0.34). With respect to performance, it was possible to demonstrate a strong treatment effect. In the practical (=-3.33, <0.002, =0.943) and in the total score (=-2.65, <0.011, =0.751), the group with video-based instruction achieved a significantly better result. In response to the question as to which of the two learning methods they would prefer, the significant majority (60.4%) of students stated video instruction.Conclusion: In this study, the use of the video-based instruction emerged as the more effective teaching method for learning surgical hand disinfection for medical students and is preferable to conventional instruction. The video instruction is associated with a higher learning effectiveness, efficiency and acceptability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c67449e014544965bd2ad72b8339f1552022-12-21T19:12:55ZdeuGerman Medical Science GMS Publishing HouseGMS Journal for Medical Education2366-50172016-08-01334Doc5710.3205/zma001056Video-based instructions for surgical hand disinfection as a replacement for conventional tuition? A randomised, blind comparative studyWeber, Uwe0Constantinescu, Mihai A.1Woermann, Ulrich2Schmitz, Felix3Schnabel, Kai4Bern, SchweizInselspital Bern, Universitätsklinik für Plastische- und Handchirurgie, Bern, SchweizUniversität Bern, Institut für Medizinische Lehre Abteilung für Unterricht und Medien, Bern, SchweizUniversität Bern, Institut für Medizinische Lehre Abteilung für Unterricht und Medien, Bern, SchweizUniversität Bern, Institut für Medizinische Lehre Abteilung für Unterricht und Medien, Bern, SchweizIntroduction: Various different learning methods are available for planning tuition regarding the introduction to surgical hand disinfection. These learning methods should help to organise and deal with this topic. The use of a video film is an alternative to conventional tuition due to the real presentation possibilities of practical demonstration. Objective: This study examines by way of comparison which form of communication is more effective for learning and applying surgical hand disinfection for medical students in their first year of studies: video-based instruction or conventional tuition. Methodology: A total of 50 first-year medical students were randomly allocated either to the “Conventional Instruction” (CI) study group or to the “Video-based Instruction” (VI) study group. The conventional instruction was carried out by an experienced nurse preceptor/nurse educator for the operating theatre who taught the preparatory measures and the actual procedure in a two-minute lesson. The second group watched a two-minute video sequence with identical content. Afterwards, both groups demonstrated practically the knowledge they had acquired at an individual practical test station. The quality (a) of the preparation and (b) of the procedure as well as (c) the quality of the results was assessed by 6 blind experts using a check list. The acceptability of the respective teaching method was also asked about using a questionnaire.Results: The group performance did not differ either in the preparation (=-78, <0.44) or in the quality (=-99, <0.34). With respect to performance, it was possible to demonstrate a strong treatment effect. In the practical (=-3.33, <0.002, =0.943) and in the total score (=-2.65, <0.011, =0.751), the group with video-based instruction achieved a significantly better result. In response to the question as to which of the two learning methods they would prefer, the significant majority (60.4%) of students stated video instruction.Conclusion: In this study, the use of the video-based instruction emerged as the more effective teaching method for learning surgical hand disinfection for medical students and is preferable to conventional instruction. The video instruction is associated with a higher learning effectiveness, efficiency and acceptability.http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/zma/2016-33/zma001056.shtml |
| spellingShingle | Weber, Uwe Constantinescu, Mihai A. Woermann, Ulrich Schmitz, Felix Schnabel, Kai Video-based instructions for surgical hand disinfection as a replacement for conventional tuition? A randomised, blind comparative study GMS Journal for Medical Education |
| title | Video-based instructions for surgical hand disinfection as a replacement for conventional tuition? A randomised, blind comparative study |
| title_full | Video-based instructions for surgical hand disinfection as a replacement for conventional tuition? A randomised, blind comparative study |
| title_fullStr | Video-based instructions for surgical hand disinfection as a replacement for conventional tuition? A randomised, blind comparative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Video-based instructions for surgical hand disinfection as a replacement for conventional tuition? A randomised, blind comparative study |
| title_short | Video-based instructions for surgical hand disinfection as a replacement for conventional tuition? A randomised, blind comparative study |
| title_sort | video based instructions for surgical hand disinfection as a replacement for conventional tuition a randomised blind comparative study |
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