Creation and introduction of a digital video aid for learning physical assessment techniques I: Creation process of a digital video aid

publisher青森市国立情報学研究所の「学術雑誌公開支援事業」により電子化されました。The Department of Nursing, Aomori University of Health and Welfare opened the "Health assessment" class and taught first year students physical assessment techniques from 1999. It became necessary to develop an original video aid closely linked with the teaching contents because there was a discrepancy between the contents and existing teaching materials. We created a digital video aid that consists of moving pictures, reflects the intention of teachers and can be easily used in self-study. We developed a 107-min (total) video of 9 volumes on systematic physical assessment skills and introduced it into teaching after confirming creation of a digital video aid. To evaluate the contents of the video, 10 students who used it and 10 former-year students who did not use it were questioned and they answered while seeing the video. The results indicate good evaluation of the intended contents and devised pictures. Further improvements that they suggested included "displaying actual images and superimposed figures of organs," "adding sounds and voices," and "presenting abnormal cases." The contents of this teaching aid should be suitable for practice on health care fields and be appropriate of the students who use it