Importance of Low-Fidelity Training on Personal Protective Equipment Use for Perioperative Workforce During COVID-19: Continuing Professional Development Imagination in Action

Implementation of an Awareness Level Training to Prepare the Workforce for Future Infectious Disease Outbreaks

“…This has the potential to make awareness of safety practices available on a broad scale, reaching those who otherwise might not have access to critical on-the-job training that improves worker health and wellness. 2,7,24 Future research should explore how the training curriculum can be implemented using a train-the-trainer approach. This approach may expand the reach of the curriculum and increase participant enrollment and engagement in the training to different occupational settings that were not reached in the current study.…”

“…However, workers in health care may also have better infectious disease protection plans and policies than other occupational settings. 1,7 Additionally, health care workers have a greater access to training and personal protective equipment (PPE), (e.g., respirator, gloves, and protective wear), potentially limiting the transmission of disease to co-workers and community members. 1,8,9 Workers in other occupations, such as the construction, food processing and preparation, cleaning, and transportation industries may also be at risk for exposure to communicable diseases.…”

Meeting the Immediate Needs of Health Care Practitioners and Building the Evidence for Continuing Professional Development

“…O'Keefe's intervention contains the right blend of practical clinical knowledge, the harnessing of commonplace communication technology, and the framing of the intervention based on a practical clinical need that is informed by educational theory. Caplan et al 9 successfully exercise the CPD imagination 10 in their planning and redesigning of a practical low-fidelity interprofessional CPD program that addresses personal protective equipment use by health care workers and new workplace procedures for COVID-19 patients. Rather than be seduced by high-cost high fidelity approaches, the authors emphasize that it is the match between learning objectives and fidelity that is important in achieving learner engagement and effective procedural training.…”