Educational Material for Taking High Quality ECG: educational video

Taking a high-quality ECG is an important part of nursing and diagnostics. In order for an ECG to be high quality, the student needs training and instruction. Mistakes often occur at the theoretical level, which can be corrected with quality teaching. The product of this thesis is made to support the teaching in Satakunta University of Applied Science (SAMK) among the English-speaking Nursing students, due to the lack of English educational material. The objective of this work is to provide SAMK with an educational video demonstrating and guiding how to produce a high-quality Electrocardiograph. This thesis was implemented as a functional thesis in the form of a project. The video will be directed for present and future nursing students. Research was conducted on the topics of ECG, taking ECG, as well as producing educational material. Based on the collected theoretical information, a transcript of the video was planned and produced. The transcript includes evidence-based theoretical background, planning and manuscript as well as instructions on graphs and other aspects of post-production. After filming the acted scenes at the SAMK campus, the video material was edited into the finished product. Once the final draft was approved, test screenings were conducted of the video with the goal of obtaining feedback from teachers and students, on whether there was anything to improve. The feedback was overall positive, and nothing was pointed out as requiring improvement. The feedback also included notions supporting the necessity of the product. The finished product will be provided to SAMK as educational material on how to take a high-quality ECG. Suggestions for further development include taking a 15-lead ECG and getting acquainted with the most common arrhythmias and their treatment