@Article{,
AUTHOR = {Giovanni Biglino, Claudio Capelli, Despina Koniordou, Di Robertshaw, Lindsay-Kay Leaver, Silvia Schievano, Andrew M. Taylor, Jo Wray},
TITLE = {Use of 3D models of congenital heart disease as an education tool for cardiac nurses},
JOURNAL = {Structural and Congenital Heart Disease},
VOLUME = {12},
YEAR = {2017},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {113--118},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/schd/v12n1/38730},
ISSN = {3071-1738},
ABSTRACT = {<b>Background:</b> Nurse education and training are key to providing congenital heart disease (CHD)
patients with consistent high standards of care as well as enabling career progression. One
approach for improving educational experience is the use of 3D patient-specific models.<br/>
<b>Objectives:</b> To gather pilot data to assess the feasibility of using 3D models of CHD during a
training course for cardiac nurses; to evaluate the potential of 3D models in this context, from the
nurses’ perspective; and to identify possible improvements to optimise their use for teaching.<br/>
<b>Design:</b> A cross-sectional survey.<br/>
<b>Setting:</b> A national training week for cardiac nurses.<br/>
<b>Participants:</b> One hundred cardiac nurses (of which 65 pediatric and 35 adult).<br/>
<b>Methods:</b> Nurses were shown nine CHD models within the context of a specialized course, following
a lecture on the process of making the models themselves, starting from medical imaging. Participants
were asked about their general learning experience, if models were more/less informative than diagrams/drawings and lesion-specific/generic models, and their overall reaction to the models. Possible
differences between adult and pediatric nurses were investigated. Written feedback was subjected to
content analysis and quantitative data were analyzed using nonparametric statistics.<br/>
<b>Results:</b> Generally models were well liked and nurses considered them more informative than
diagrams. Nurses found that 3D models helped in the appreciation of overall anatomy (86%),
spatial orientation (70%), and anatomical complexity after treatment (66%). There was no statistically significant difference between adult and pediatric nurses’ responses. Thematic analysis
highlighted the need for further explanation, use of labels and use of colors to highlight the lesion
of interest amongst improvements for optimizing 3D models for teaching/training purposes.<br/>
<b>Conclusion:</b> 3D patient-specific models are useful tools for training adult and pediatric cardiac
nurses and are particularly helpful for understanding CHD anatomy after repair.},
DOI = {}
}