Effects of virtual reality training on decreasing the rates of needlestick or sharp injury in new-coming medical and nursing interns in Taiwan

Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions

Volumn 17, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Wu, Szu Hsien ^a,b   Huang, Chia Chang ^a,b   Huang, Shiau Shian ^b,c   Yang, Ying Ying ^a,b   Liu, Chih Wei ^b   Shulruf, Boaz ^d   Chen, Chen Huan ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Institute of Health and Welfare Policy   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Internship and residency; Needle stick injuries; Taiwan; Universal precautions; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROCEDURES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION, NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 85078052757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19755937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3352/JEEHP.2020.17.1     Document Type: Article

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