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The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether the use of robotics can contribute to nursing education, using the training for wheelchair transfers. The most common and extensively used method for practical learning is role playing. However the nursing student cannot turn into a patient thoroughly. To solve this problem, we proposed the creation of a robot patient for wheelchair transfer techniques training.
The experiment was performed by a nurse. The nurse attempted to assist the robot patient by helping it to stand up from the wheelchair, utilizing the basic techniques and checklist found in the fundamental nursing education textbook. As a result of this study, we have determined that the utilization of a robot could contribute to the teaching material for nursing education, and created an opportunity to reconsider what is accepted as basics or fundamental techniques.
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Kitajima, Y. et al. (2014). Robotics as a Tool in Fundamental Nursing Education. In: Duffy, V.G. (eds) Digital Human Modeling. Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management. DHM 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8529. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07725-3_40
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