The effect of Use the booklet Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery on Upgrade knowledge of operating room technology students in laparoscopic surgery care domains

Introduction: Due to the advancement in minimally invasive surgical procedures, new training programs should be used to align the operating room technology students with their new roles. So the aim of this study Determining The effec of Use the booklet Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery on Upgrade knowledge of operating room technology students in laparoscopic surgery care domains. Methods: The present study was a semi-experimental study and Sampling was done by census method With the presence of all 28 operating room technology students (BA (in Iran University of Medical Sciences. In this research, the knowledge of students before and after(Interval 30 days) education Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery was measured using a researcher-made questionnaire. Paired T-Test was used to determine the effect of Use the booklet on students' knowledge. Present booklet content with patterning from Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery resident’s curriculum is prepared and used. Results: before intervention The mean scores and Standard deviation of students’ knowledge, in the field of preoperative care, intraoperative care and postoperative care were 213/08 ± 15/942, 212/04 ± 18/61, 217/14 ± 32/53 respectively. After intervention, the mean scores of the subjects were 274/62 ± 16/78, 245/37 ± 16/57, 245 ± 22/85 respectively, which shows a significant increase in all domains (p <0/001). Conclusions: Since the students' knowledge of operating room technology about the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery in all domains before Use Educational booklet was low and the Use Educational booklet lead to promote knowledge of students in the fields of laparoscopic surgical care, It is recommended to use it in the operating room technology student's education program.