Development and assessment of educational technology about administration of vaccines in the anterolateral thigh muscle

Abstract

Development and assessment of a course of administration of vaccines in the anterolateral thigh muscle, by the Moodle Platform. Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional research, carried out in 2016 and 2017, with 39 nursing students. The theory of multimedia learning and the instructional design guided the course development, which counted on three modules and teaching support material, simulated scenario video, discussion forum. The COLLES Survey was used to assess the AVA quality; 97.5% of students considered the formatting, the access, the navigation and the image as “adequate” and “very adequate”.  The relevance, critical reflection and comprehension items were found to obtain the best results, according the COLLES Survey; 92.3 of students said that they would like to use the AVA in other disciplines. It concluded that the educational technology developed is a powerful tool for the updating about the thematic, aiming at a safe practice of the future professional nurse in the health services.