2016 Volume 42 Issue 2 Pages 201-213
The present article reports the development of educational software that, from a behavioral analysis perspective, explains the theory and methods of care, and provides experience through a simulation, and which can be operated on a computer. Care staff members (N＝3) conducted self-learning and self-reviewing using this software. Effects of the software on the participants’ ability to move patients from a bed to a wheelchair in a long-term care health facility were evaluated using single case experimental design. All 3 participants improved an average of 46％ in their care ability, and became able to move patients from their beds to wheelchairs with less effort than they had previously used. Additionally, observations suggested that effects of the bed-to-chair moving training were reflected in the undressing care that the participants provided to the patients. The purpose and contents of the training program received relatively good appraisals. This new educational material may complement negative aspects of conventional teaching methods, and may possibly be an effective method of training care staff. However, some issues persist, such as selection of participants, follow-up issues, ease of operation, and the content of the training.
