BUILDING AND VALIDATING A DIGITAL APPLICATION FOR THE TEACHING OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTATION

Objective: To build and validate an application on teaching of basic surgical instrumentation to nursing students.Method: Methodological study conducted between May and September of 2016, at a public university in Piauí, Brazil. Analysis, design, development and evaluation stages were conducted base...

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Published inCogitare enfermagem Vol. 24; p. e58334
Main Authors Francisco Gilberto Fernandes Pereira, Driele Jéssica Leite da Rocha, Geórgia Alcântara Alencar Melo, Rhaylla Maria Pio Leal Jaques, Laura Maria Feitosa Formiga
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universidade Federal do Paraná 01.03.2019
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Educational technology
Nursing
Nursing education
Surgical center nursing
Surgical instruments
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Summary:Objective: To build and validate an application on teaching of basic surgical instrumentation to nursing students.Method: Methodological study conducted between May and September of 2016, at a public university in Piauí, Brazil. Analysis, design, development and evaluation stages were conducted based on the Galvis-Panqueva benchmark. Content and appearance validation was performed by 22 judges, and 60 nursing students selected by convenience sampling were the target audience that evaluated the instrument.Results: The application was named Surgical Instruments and is hosted on the Googleplay platform, available for use on the Android operating system. It had a global Content Validity Index of 0.9 for content and 0.8 for appearance. The target audience rated the application as excellent for motivation, style and content items, averaging 76.3%.Conclusion: The application has proved to be valid for use as an auxiliary teaching tool on the subject surgical instrumentation.
ISSN:1414-8536
2176-9133
DOI:10.5380/ce.v24i0.58334