title: Smart Glasses in Nursing Training - Redundant Gadget or Precious Tool? A Pilot Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Heavy workloads in nursing care and high employee turnover call for efficient methods to support on-the-job training. Within the Witra Care project - aiming to develop mobile technologies to support knowledge transfer between experienced and inexperienced nurses - the objective was to investigate the feasibility and perceived usefulness of advanced smart glasses for an exemplary, specific activity in nursing training - preparation of a surgical instrument table in an operating room.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four trainee nurses performed different tasks using speech-command operated smart glasses within an operating room setting and were asked for their expectations towards this technology, their experiences and perceptions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All tasks could be achieved by the trainee nurses, and the overall perception was that the technology is supportive and helpful.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results indicate interest in new wearable technologies for supporting training in nursing care. Limitations include small sample size, selection bias and several technical issues such as speech recognition accuracy or short battery lifetime. More research is necessary to evaluate the usefulness and usability of advanced wearable devices for supporting knowledge transfer and training in nursing care.
authors.affiliation: Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marschollek
authors.affiliation: Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barthel
authors.affiliation: Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Behrends
authors.affiliation: Department for Nursing Science - Hannover Medical School, Hannover.
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmeer
authors.affiliation: Department for Nursing Science - Hannover Medical School, Hannover.
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Meyenburg-Altwarg
authors.affiliation: Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005139:Eyeglasses; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D063731:Mobile Applications; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000193:education; D010865:Pilot Projects; D049250:Speech Recognition Software