TY  - JOUR
AU  - Andreasen, Eva Mari
AU  - Høigaard, Rune
AU  - Berg, Helen
AU  - Steinsbekk, Aslak
AU  - Haraldstad, Kristin
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/29
TI  - Usability Evaluation of the Preoperative ISBAR (Identification, Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) Desktop Virtual Reality Application: Qualitative Observational Study
JO  - JMIR Hum Factors
SP  - e40400
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
KW  - desktop virtual reality
KW  - handover
KW  - ISBAR
KW  - preoperative
KW  - undergraduate nursing students
KW  - usability evaluation
KW  - usability
KW  - nursing
KW  - health care education
KW  - student
KW  - medical education
KW  - medical training
KW  - VR
KW  - virtual reality
KW  - surgery
KW  - surgical
KW  - System Usability Scale
KW  - communication
KW  - self-instruction
KW  - self-guided
KW  - nurse
KW  - training
KW  - undergraduate
KW  - health care professional
KW  - health care provider
AB  - Background: Systematic communication, such as the ISBAR (identification, situation, background, assessment, recommendation) approach, comprises a generic, transferable nontechnical skill. It can be used during the handover of patients set to undergo surgery and can be practiced in various ways, including virtual reality (VR). VR increasingly has been implemented and valued in nursing education as a positive contribution to teach students about pre- and postoperative nursing. A new nonimmersive 3D learning activity called the Preoperative ISBAR Desktop VR Application has been developed for undergraduate nursing students to learn preoperative handover using the ISBAR approach. However, the usability of this learning activity has not been studied. Objective: This study aimed to investigate how second-year undergraduate nursing students evaluated the usability of the Preoperative ISBAR Desktop VR Application. Methods: This was a qualitative study with observation and interviews. The inclusion criteria were undergraduate second-year nursing students of varying ages, gender, and anticipated technological competence. The System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire was used to get a score on overall usability. Results: A total of 9 second-year nursing students aged 22-29 years participated in the study. The average score on the SUS was 83 (range 0-100), which equals a “B” on the graded scale and is excellent for an adjective-grade rating. The students expressed increased motivation to learn while working in self-instructed desktop VR. Still, a few technical difficulties occurred, and some students reported that they experienced some problems comprehending the instructions provided in the application. Long written instructions and a lack of self-pacing built into the application were considered limitations. Conclusions: The nursing students found the application to be usable overall, giving it an excellent usability score and noting that the application provided opportunities for active participation, which was motivational and facilitated their perceived learning outcomes. The next version of the application, to be used in a randomized controlled trial, will be upgraded to address technological and comprehension issues. 
SN  - 2292-9495
UR  - https://humanfactors.jmir.org/2022/4/e40400
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/40400
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36580357
DO  - 10.2196/40400
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/40400
ER  -