# Effect of motion-graphic video-based training on the performance of operating room nurse students in cataract surgery in Iran: a randomized controlled study

## TL;DR

A study in Iran found that motion-graphic video training improved operating room nurse students' performance in cataract surgery compared to routine training.

## Contribution

This study demonstrates that motion-graphic video-based training significantly enhances clinical performance of nursing students in cataract surgery.

## Key findings

- The intervention group showed a significant increase in performance scores compared to the control group.
- Both groups showed significant improvement from pre-test to post-test, but the intervention group improved more.
- Motion-graphic video-based training is effective in improving clinical training for operating room nurses.

## Abstract

The present study was conducted to determine the effect of motion-graphic video-based training on the performance of operating room nurse students in cataract surgery using phacoemulsification at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in Iran.

This was a randomized controlled study conducted among 36 students training to become operating room nurses. The control group only received routine training, and the intervention group received motion-graphic video-based training on the scrub nurse’s performance in cataract surgery in addition to the educator’s training. The performance of the students in both groups as scrub nurses was measured through a researcher-made checklist in a pre-test and a post-test.

The mean scores for performance in the pre-test and post-test were 17.83 and 26.44 in the control group and 18.33 and 50.94 in the intervention group, respectively, and a significant difference was identified between the mean scores of the pre- and post-test in both groups (P=0.001). The intervention also led to a significant increase in the mean performance score in the intervention group compared to the control group (P=0.001).

Considering the significant difference in the performance score of the intervention group compared to the control group, motion-graphic video-based training had a positive effect on the performance of operating room nurse students, and such training can be used to improve clinical training.