Operating room technician trainees teach medical students - an inter-professional peer teaching approach for infection prevention strategies in the operation room.
- Breckwoldt J 1Faculty of Medicine, Office of the Dean, University of Zurich, Pestalozzistr. 3-5, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
- Knecht M Careum Training Centre, Gloriastrasse 16, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
- Massée R Careum Training Centre, Gloriastrasse 16, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
- Flach B Careum Training Centre, Gloriastrasse 16, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
- Hofmann-Huber C Careum Training Centre, Gloriastrasse 16, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
- Kaap-Fröhlich S 1Faculty of Medicine, Office of the Dean, University of Zurich, Pestalozzistr. 3-5, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
- Witt CM 1Faculty of Medicine, Office of the Dean, University of Zurich, Pestalozzistr. 3-5, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
- Aeberhard R Careum Training Centre, Gloriastrasse 16, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
- Sax H 5Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2019-05-23
Published in:
- Antimicrobial resistance and infection control. - 2019
Infection prevention
Interprofessional education
Medical students
Operation room technicians
Simulated operating room
Simulation training
Adult
Curriculum
Education, Medical
Female
Humans
Infection Control
Infections
Male
Operating Room Technicians
Simulation Training
Students, Medical
English
Background
Education is a cornerstone strategy to prevent health-associated infections. Trainings benefit from being interactive, simulation-based, team-orientated, and early in professional socialization. We conceived an innovative inter-professional peer-teaching module with operating room technician trainees (ORTT) teaching infection prevention behavior in the operating room (OR) to medical students (MDS).
Methods
ORTT delivered a 2-h teaching module to small groups of MDS in a simulated OR setting with 4 posts: 'entering OR'; 'surgical hand disinfection'; 'dressing up for surgery and preparing a surgical field', 'debriefing'. MDS and ORTT evaluated module features and teaching quality through 2 specific questionnaires. Structured field notes by education specialist observers were analyzed thematically.
Results
On Likert scales from - 2 to + 2, mean overall satisfaction was + 1.91 (±0.3) for MDS and + 1.66 (±0.6 SD) for ORTT while teaching quality was rated + 1.89 (±0.3) by MDS and self-rated with + 1.34 (±0.5) by ORTT. Students and observers highlighted that the training fostered mutual understanding and provided insight into the corresponding profession.
Conclusions
Undergraduate inter-professional teaching among ORTT and MDS in infection prevention and control proved feasible with high educational quality. Inducing early mutual understanding between professional groups might improve professional collaboration and patient safety.
Education is a cornerstone strategy to prevent health-associated infections. Trainings benefit from being interactive, simulation-based, team-orientated, and early in professional socialization. We conceived an innovative inter-professional peer-teaching module with operating room technician trainees (ORTT) teaching infection prevention behavior in the operating room (OR) to medical students (MDS).
Methods
ORTT delivered a 2-h teaching module to small groups of MDS in a simulated OR setting with 4 posts: 'entering OR'; 'surgical hand disinfection'; 'dressing up for surgery and preparing a surgical field', 'debriefing'. MDS and ORTT evaluated module features and teaching quality through 2 specific questionnaires. Structured field notes by education specialist observers were analyzed thematically.
Results
On Likert scales from - 2 to + 2, mean overall satisfaction was + 1.91 (±0.3) for MDS and + 1.66 (±0.6 SD) for ORTT while teaching quality was rated + 1.89 (±0.3) by MDS and self-rated with + 1.34 (±0.5) by ORTT. Students and observers highlighted that the training fostered mutual understanding and provided insight into the corresponding profession.
Conclusions
Undergraduate inter-professional teaching among ORTT and MDS in infection prevention and control proved feasible with high educational quality. Inducing early mutual understanding between professional groups might improve professional collaboration and patient safety.
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- DOI 10.1186/s13756-019-0526-2
- PMID 31114677
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/128561
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