ArticleBMJ open2021
Testing the efficacy and acceptability of video-reflexive methods in personal protective equipment training for medical interns: a mixed methods study.
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- Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Training in Teaching Personal Protective Equipment Skills: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Artificial intelligence-assisted personal protective equipment donning and doffing training for health professions students and healthcare workers: a scoping review.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Fundamentals of occupational health and safety practices outside the workplace among health professionals in Ghana: an assessment of determinants of crash helmet use in the Tamale Teaching Hospital.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Exploring healthcare workers' perspectives of video feedback for training in the use of powered air purifying respirators (PAPR) at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Fostering Nursing Staff Competence in Personal Protective Equipment Education during COVID-19: A Mobile-Video Online Learning Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo test the efficacy and acceptability of video-reflexive methods for training medical interns in the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
designMixed methods study.
settingA tertiary-care teaching hospital, Sydney, January 2018-February 2019.
participants72 of 90 medical interns consented to participate. Of these, 39 completed all three time points.
interventionsParticipants received a standard infection prevention and control (IPC) education module during their hospital orientation. They were then allocated alternately to a control or video group. At three time points (TPs) over the year, participants were asked to don/doff PPE items based on hospital protocol. At the first two TPs, all participants also participated in a reflexive discussion. At the second and third TPs, all participants were audited on their performance. The only difference between groups was that the video group was videoed while donning/doffing PPE, and they watched this footage as a stimulus for reflexive discussion. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The efficacy and acceptability of the intervention were assessed using: (1) comparisons of audit performance between and within groups over time, (2) comparisons between groups on survey responses for evaluation of training and self-efficacy and (3) thematic analysis of reflexive discussions.
resultsBoth groups improved in their PPE competence over time, although there was no consistent pattern of significant differences within and between groups. No significant differences were found between groups on reported acceptability of training, or self-efficacy for PPE use. However, analysis of reflexive discussions shows that the effects of the video-reflexive intervention were tangible and different in important respects from standard training.
conclusionsVideo reflexivity in group-based training can assist new clinicians in engagement with, and better understanding of, IPC in their clinical practice. Our study also highlights the need for ongoing and targeted IPC training during medical undergraduate studies as well as regular workplace refresher training.
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