Vikas Pawar 1, Archit Shirpurkar 2
1Research Scholar, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Centre for Online Learning Sant-Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune, India
2Director, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Centre for Online Learning Sant-Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune, India
Email: Vikas Pawar (vikasvpawar@gmail.com)
Date submitted: 23-December-2023
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Citation: Pawar1 V, Shirpurkar A. Use of Simulation to Train Uncertified Hospital Orderlies in India: Comment. Educ Health 2024;37:97.
Online access: www.educationforhealthjournal.org
DOI: 10.62694/efh.2024.5
Published by The Network: Towards Unity for Health
Dear Editor,
We would like to comment on “Use of Simulation to Train Uncertified Hospital Orderlies in India”1 The study focuses on the important role of hospital orderlies in India's healthcare system. It addresses the need for improving the skills and competencies of uncertified hospital orderlies, specifically in the areas of safe patient transfer, efficient teamwork, and effective communication with both patients and healthcare professionals.
The lack of a control group in the study is a limitation that makes it difficult to compare the efficacy of simulation-based training to other training approaches, or no training at all. Furthermore, because the study was limited to a single hospital, there may be limitations to the results' applicability in other healthcare environments. A more thorough understanding of the training program's efficacy would be obtained by conducting the study in several hospitals.
A control group and patient safety outcome measurements would offer more comprehensive insights into how the simulation-based training affected patient care.
Future studies should examine how well skills learned in simulation training are retained over time, and how this impacts patient outcomes. The competence of hospital nurses, and overall patient safety, could also be increased if the possible integration of state-of-the-art simulation technologies were explored and training was expanded to cover a broader range of patient care scenarios.
1. Saldanha, F. L., D’Cunha, R. J., & Mahmood, L. S. (2023). Use of Simulation to Train Uncertified Hospital Orderlies in India. Education for Health, 36(3), 111–115. https://doi.org/10.4103/efh.efh_232_23
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