Authors (including presenting author) :
Hau WYA(1), Lam MY(1), Lam NT(1), Lee FS(1), Cheng MYA(1)(2)
Affiliation :
(1)Department of Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, Tai Po Hospital,(2)Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Alice Ho Nethersole Hospital
Introduction :
Quick Response Code (QR code) technology is widely used in many industries. In order to improve our quality of patient service, our department has piloted the project of “Easy Access for education via QR code”. The project not only facilitates our staff but also other carers to easily access the video-assisted training material at one spot.
Thoracic Lumbar Sacral Orthosis (TLSO) is commonly used to stabilize the spine after surgery or when suffering from spinal fractures. It is also used to promote fracture healing and reduce back pain. Proper application of TLSO is crucial to our staff and patients in our Spinal cord injury (SCI) unit. Conducive to safe practice and promoting learning, a trial on using QR code video-assisted training was therefore conducted.
Objectives :
- To develop a video-assisted training material on TLSO application by
using the QR code.
- To enhance the competence of our staff and the carers.
Methodology :
- To standardize the procedure of TLSO application.
- To prepare a video-assisted training material on TLSO application.
- To create the QR code for video-assisted training material on TLSO
application.
- To invite our staff and other carers using the QR code to retrieve
training materials.
- To assess the competence of the users individually by return
demonstration.
- To regularly review the skill of applying TLSO of our staff and the
carers.
- To evaluate the satisfaction of using QR code of all the users.
Result & Outcome :
As reflected from the trial, nearly 98% of our front-line staff agreed that the use of QR code to access video-assisted training material could enhance our knowledge, skills and competence on TLSO application. Among the other carers, 96% of them concurred that the QR code training material were user-friendly and effective in acquiring the knowledge and skills of TLSO applications in practice.
