Effect of Patient Experiential Video on Empathy and Education for Surgical Aseptic Technique Among Certified Surgical Technologists: A Randomized Posttest Trial.
The study aims to evaluate how a patient-presented video impacts empathy and education regarding surgical aseptic techniques among certified surgical technologists.
Randomized posttest trial design
Patient-presented video intervention
Measurement of empathy scores before and after intervention
Participants were certified surgical technologists
Significant increase in associative empathy scores after viewing the video
Reduction in psychological reactance observed
Improvements in knowledge of aseptic techniques reported
Abstract
The significant difference in associative empathy scores produced by a patient-presented video could reduce the empathy gap, reduce psychological reactance, and improve aseptic techniques for CSTs.