Rapid Visual Search Games and Accuracy of Students' Clinical Observation Skills: A Comparative Study

Modi Al-Moteri; Amani A. Alrehaili; Virginia Plummer; Ruba W.H. Yaseen; Reem Ali Alhakami; Abdullellah Al Thobaity; Nahla L. Faizo

doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2021.03.003

Rapid Visual Search Games and Accuracy of Students' Clinical Observation Skills: A Comparative Study

Modi Al-Moteri, Amani A. Alrehaili, Virginia Plummer, Ruba W.H. Yaseen, Reem Ali Alhakami, Abdullellah Al Thobaity, Nahla L. Faizo

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Background: Rapid visual search (RVS) games require a player to search for a target against a distracting background. Playing RVS is known to improve observation and related skills for those professions that require ultimate observation skills. Aim: To examine whether using RVS games improves clinical observation of nursing students. Method: Post intervention assessment design was used in which participants were assigned to either RVS group or non-RVS group and their performance was compared to assess the impact of RVS games on students’ observational skills. Finding: Study findings revealed that RVS improved identification of cues that are highly visual in nature and related to liver cirrhosis. This may indicate that the RVS groups were more focused on the clinical markers than were the non-RVS group.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	19-26
Number of pages	8
Journal	Clinical Simulation in Nursing
Volume	55
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2021.03.003
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021

Keywords

Attention
Clinical observation
Games
Nurses
Video

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