Microlearning Effect on Perioperative Staff Performance Warming Surgical Patients: Using Surgical Patient Temperatures Before, During, and After Surgery

This quality improvement project investigated the impact of microlearning on perioperative staff behavior regarding maintaining optimal patient temperatures throughout the surgical process. This project also served as a targeted data collection initiative aimed at enhancing patient experience during surgery. High level performance in healthcare has become challenging often due to fatigue arising from volumes of information workers must absorb in short periods of time. Recent literature suggests that much of the knowledge derived from information consumed in bulk is minimally retained and quickly forgotten. Microlearning breaks down complex information into targeted segments and facilitates focused understanding. Microlearning involves a variety of easily accessible formats, such as mobile applications or online slide presentations that are accessible to the learner for acquiring current information, effectively refresh knowledge that has become inactive, or promote learners to function at higher levels with new perspective. One focus of the project was on assessing the level of importance staff placed on monitoring patient temperature as well as their knowledge of, and adherence to, institutional policies. The educational intervention consisted of an online presentation focused on thermoregulation during surgery and facility policy. Surveys were administered to measure staff knowledge before and after the educational intervention then analyzed via paired t-tests to measure the microlearning intervention's effectiveness on staff knowledge. The educational intervention and surveys were delivered through Qualtrics to ensure participant convenience. The second phase of this project included retrospective chart reviews to discern the impact of the microlearning intervention. To provide insight into the effectiveness of the microlearning intervention, extrapolations were performed utilizing statistical inference and physical patient temperatures before, during, and after surgery.

Creator

• Marksberry, Jody

Language

• English

Palavra-chave

• surgical patient warming
• microlearning
• patient temperature
• patient health

Date created

• 2024

Resource type

• Research Paper

Rights statement

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