Online clinical skills education using a wearable action camera for medical students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze medical students’ satisfaction and educational effectiveness after real-time online clinical skills education using a wearable action camera. One hundred eighteen third-year medical students participated in this study. The education program consisted of clinical skills (wound management and vascular access procedures) and a medical interview with a simulated patient. The author wore the head-mounted action camera throughout the class. A systematic questionnaire survey was issued to the students after the education program to analyze the educational satisfaction and effectiveness. This education program showed their high educational satisfaction. The online environment was also mostly positive except for some negative comments about video quality. In the educational satisfaction, though the comparative satisfaction with the face-to-face skill class was slightly lower, the rest of the questionnaire items also showed high relative satisfaction. Online video education using a wearable camera could be a good modality that can replace a face-to-face class when it is impossible to open the class.