Authors (including presenting author) :
Lam MS, Lau SW, Ng KP, Kwok NC, Kwok OL, Lo OYJ
Affiliation :
Geriatric and Rehabilitation Service, Department of Medicine, Haven Hope of Hospital
Introduction :
In alignment with the Hospital Authority's Strategic Plan on Smart Hospitals, Ward 1B is launching an innovative, technology-driven robotic orientation program for nursing students, titled “Gladness Orientation with Tim-Tim” (GOT). Effective ward orientation is crucial for students to adapt quickly during their clinical practicum. However, it requires significant time from ward nurses, often an hour. With the rising number of students, a more efficient orientation approach could save nursing manpower and reduce content variation. GOT aims to enhance the orientation process by using technology to create a self-directed learning experience for students. Animated educational content, delivered via a robot, will provide students with essential and significant information on ward environment, operations, and routines.
Objectives :
1. Promote Technological Integration: incorporating technologies into clinical operations, fostering a smarter and more efficient healthcare environment. 2. Ensure Orientation Effectiveness: standardizing the orientation process, ensuring all students receive consistent guidance. 3. Enhance Orientation Efficiency: providing a comprehensive orientation for students without nursing workforce, thereby saving nursing time on orientation redundancy. 4. Optimize Nursing Resources: allowing nurses to focus on patient care when students can orient independently with a robot.
Methodology :
1. Collaborate with nurses to identify the essential topics in the orientation, such as ward environment, daily routines, gist of successful practicum in 1B. 2. Create related Animations. 3. Program the robot and set up the route to navigate the ward and play animated videos at designated locations.
Result & Outcome :
1. Promote Technological Integration: from 4 November to 30 December 2024, GOT was implemented for 45 students (divided in 9 groups), 100% and 95% satisfaction rate was achieved from staff and students respectively. 2. Ensure Orientation Effectiveness: 9 essential topics were selected for the GOT, through standardization, we reduced topic variation by 30.3%. Topic variation refers to the differences in the topics covered by each trainer, which can lead to inconsistencies in the information. This means that by implementing a unified training content, the information that participants acquire during the training sessions maintain consistency, thus enhancing the overall effectiveness of the training. 3. Enhance Orientation Efficiency and Optimize Nursing Resources: with the average orientation duration being 1 hour per group, 9 hours had been saved for one nurse in 2 months, equal to one shift of duty (8.48 hours). 4. Feedback from students was highly positive, highlighting its effectiveness and enhancing their orientation experience. The integration of a robot and animation streamlined the process and reduced the burden on nurses.
