Use of Smart Glasses (Assisted Reality) for Western Australian X-ray Operators’ Continuing Professional Development: A Pilot Study
Previous studies have explored use of smart glasses in telemedicine, but no study has investigated its use in teleradiography. The purpose of this study was to implement a six-month pilot program for Western Australian X-ray operators (XROs) to use smart glasses to obtain assisted reality support in...
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| description | Previous studies have explored use of smart glasses in telemedicine, but no study has investigated its use in teleradiography. The purpose of this study was to implement a six-month pilot program for Western Australian X-ray operators (XROs) to use smart glasses to obtain assisted reality support in their radiography practice from their supervising radiographers, and evaluate its effectiveness in terms of XROs’ competence improvement and equipment usability. Pretest–posttest design with evaluation of the XROs’ competence (including their X-ray image quality) and smart glasses usability by XROs in two remote centers and their supervising radiographers from two sites before and after the program using four questionnaire sets and X-ray image quality review was employed in this experimental study. Paired t-test was used for comparing mean values of the pre- and post-intervention pairs of 11-point scale questionnaire and image quality review items to determine any XROs’ radiography competence improvements. Content analysis was used to analyze open questions about the equipment usability. Our study’s findings based on 13 participants (11 XROs and 2 supervising radiographers) and 2053 X-ray images show that the assisted reality support helped to improve the XROs’ radiography competence (specifically X-ray image quality), with mean post-intervention competence values of 6.16–7.39 (out of 10) and statistical significances (p < 0.001–0.05), and the equipment was considered effective for this purpose but not easy to use. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-954062024-08-23T02:42:53Z Use of Smart Glasses (Assisted Reality) for Western Australian X-ray Operators’ Continuing Professional Development: A Pilot Study Ng, Curtise Baldock, Moira Newman, Steven Competence Google Glass Medical Imaging Nurse Radiography Radiology Rural Health Telemedicine Videoconferencing Previous studies have explored use of smart glasses in telemedicine, but no study has investigated its use in teleradiography. The purpose of this study was to implement a six-month pilot program for Western Australian X-ray operators (XROs) to use smart glasses to obtain assisted reality support in their radiography practice from their supervising radiographers, and evaluate its effectiveness in terms of XROs’ competence improvement and equipment usability. Pretest–posttest design with evaluation of the XROs’ competence (including their X-ray image quality) and smart glasses usability by XROs in two remote centers and their supervising radiographers from two sites before and after the program using four questionnaire sets and X-ray image quality review was employed in this experimental study. Paired t-test was used for comparing mean values of the pre- and post-intervention pairs of 11-point scale questionnaire and image quality review items to determine any XROs’ radiography competence improvements. Content analysis was used to analyze open questions about the equipment usability. Our study’s findings based on 13 participants (11 XROs and 2 supervising radiographers) and 2053 X-ray images show that the assisted reality support helped to improve the XROs’ radiography competence (specifically X-ray image quality), with mean post-intervention competence values of 6.16–7.39 (out of 10) and statistical significances (p < 0.001–0.05), and the equipment was considered effective for this purpose but not easy to use. 2024 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95406 10.3390/healthcare12131253 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Competence Google Glass Medical Imaging Nurse Radiography Radiology Rural Health Telemedicine Videoconferencing Ng, Curtise Baldock, Moira Newman, Steven Use of Smart Glasses (Assisted Reality) for Western Australian X-ray Operators’ Continuing Professional Development: A Pilot Study |
| title | Use of Smart Glasses (Assisted Reality) for Western Australian X-ray Operators’ Continuing Professional Development: A Pilot Study |
| title_full | Use of Smart Glasses (Assisted Reality) for Western Australian X-ray Operators’ Continuing Professional Development: A Pilot Study |
| title_fullStr | Use of Smart Glasses (Assisted Reality) for Western Australian X-ray Operators’ Continuing Professional Development: A Pilot Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of Smart Glasses (Assisted Reality) for Western Australian X-ray Operators’ Continuing Professional Development: A Pilot Study |
| title_short | Use of Smart Glasses (Assisted Reality) for Western Australian X-ray Operators’ Continuing Professional Development: A Pilot Study |
| title_sort | use of smart glasses (assisted reality) for western australian x-ray operators’ continuing professional development: a pilot study |
| topic | Competence Google Glass Medical Imaging Nurse Radiography Radiology Rural Health Telemedicine Videoconferencing |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95406 |