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

• 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: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2019-03-01
• Series: Cogitare Enfermagem
• Subjects: Educational technology; Nursing education; Surgical instruments; Surgical center nursing; Nursing
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.58334

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.