The effect of Mobile-based Education of the Safe Surgery Principles on the Knowledge, Attitude and Performance of Operating room Surgical Technologists

Abstract

The principles of safe surgery include a monitoring system in order to reduce errors and maximize the reliability of the processes. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of mobile-based education of the safe surgery principles on the knowledge, attitude and performance of operating room surgery technologists.

Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 125 operating room surgery technologists of Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2020.The stratified method with proportional allocation was used for sampling. Data was obtained through demographic information form and researcher-made questionnaires of knowledge and attitude and checklist of operating room surgery technologist’s performance. The performance of the samples was observed and recorded by the researcher using a checklist before the training. Then, teaching the principles of safe surgery was presented for 4 sessions using mobile phone. Two weeks after the last session, a post-test was taken as a pre-test and compared with each other. Paired t-test was used to analyze the data.

Results: Findings showed that the level of knowledge, attitude and performance of surgical technologists increased significantly after training based on mobile phone of safe surgery principles (P <0.001).

Conclusion: Considering the positive effect of mobile-based training of safe surgery principles on the level of knowledge, attitude and performance of operating room surgery technologists, it is suggested that this training method be used to teach safe surgery principles to operating room surgery technologists.