Assessing dental nurses using live stream technology
The NES Dental Care Professional and Clinical Effectiveness Workstreams, collaborated to evaluate the effectiveness and users' experience of using live stream technology to conduct workplace observation assessments of trainee dental nurses.
Participants included: all trainee dental nurses undertaking preregistration training with NES, the clinicians they provided chairside support to, and the assessors who completed the live stream observation assessment process.
The clinicians were dentists, dental therapists, and hygienists who work with the trainees in their practice, and the assessors were Dental Tutors employed by NES, who carry out the role of an Assessor.
This involved:
- collecting information on usability and accessibility
- assessing general satisfaction of this technique
The study provides evidence that workplace observation assessments can be performed in the future by using live stream technology.
Caroline Taylor, NES Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean (Dental Care Professionals Workstream) said
“This research indicates that this method was effective, and the support from NES’s DCP workstream team significantly contributed to the successful implementation. Our innovative approach has been transformational and has created an efficient and sustainable method for assessing and providing feedback to trainees, aligning to the organisation’s strategic vision to embed technology to enhance educational provision for the health and social care workforce.”
Additional investigation and comparison will aid in determining the most effective way of using this approach and providing feedback to promote learning among dental trainees.
The paper can be accessed here: Using live stream technology to conduct workplace observation assessment of trainee dental nurses: an evaluation of effectiveness and user experience (nature.com)
March, 24 2023