Author:
Wyer Mary,Barratt Ruth,Hor Su-yin,Ferguson Patricia E.,Gilbert Gwendolyn L.
Abstract
Abstract
Background
With the advent of COVID-19, many healthcare workers (HWs) in Australia requested access to powered air purifying respirators (PAPR) for improved respiratory protection, comfort and visibility. The urgency of the response at our hospital required rapid deployment of innovative training to ensure the safe use of PAPRs, in particular, a video-feedback training option to prepare HWs for PAPR competency.
Aim
To explore the feasibility, acceptability, and utility of video-feedback in PAPR training and competency assessment.
Methods
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 HWs, including clinicians from Intensive Care, Anaesthetics and Respiratory Medicine, at a large teaching hospital in Australia.
Findings
Participants believed that the use of video-feedback in PAPR training was feasible, acceptable and useful. They described a variety of benefits to learning and retention, from a variety of ways in which they engaged with the personal video-feedback. Participants also described the impact of reviewing personalised practice footage, compared to generic footage of an ideal performance.
Conclusion
By conceptualising video-feedback using a pedagogical approach, this study contributes to knowledge around optimising methods for training HWs in PPE use, particularly when introducing a new and complex PPE device during an infectious disease outbreak.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Education,General Medicine
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