Operating room technician trainees teach medical students - an inter-professional peer teaching approach for infection prevention strategies in the operation room

Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

Hugo Sax¹  Jan Breckwoldt²  Claudia M. Witt³  Sylvia Kaap-Fröhlich⁴  Caroline Hofmann-Huber⁵  Monika Knecht⁵  Ralph Massée⁵  Ruth Aeberhard⁵  Barbara Flach⁵ 

[1] 0000 0004 0478 9977, grid.412004.3, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland;0000 0004 1937 0650, grid.7400.3, Faculty of Medicine, Office of the Dean, University of Zurich, Pestalozzistr. 3-5, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland;0000 0004 1937 0650, grid.7400.3, Faculty of Medicine, Office of the Dean, University of Zurich, Pestalozzistr. 3-5, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland;0000 0004 0478 9977, grid.412004.3, Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland;0000 0004 1937 0650, grid.7400.3, Faculty of Medicine, Office of the Dean, University of Zurich, Pestalozzistr. 3-5, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland;Department for Education Development, Careum, Pestalozzistr. 3, CH-8006, Zurich, Switzerland;Careum Training Centre, Gloriastrasse 16, CH-8006, Zurich, Switzerland;

关键词: Interprofessional education;    Operation room technicians;    Medical students;    Infection prevention;    Simulated operating room;    Simulation training;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13756-019-0526-2

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【 摘 要 】

BackgroundEducation 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).MethodsORTT 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.ResultsOn 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.ConclusionsUndergraduate 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.

【 授权许可】

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