Ian McGovern, n/a: No financial relationships to disclose
Overview/Abstract: Perioperative leaders are facing increasing pressure to onboard staff efficiently, validate clinical competency, and sustain lifelong learning amid workforce shortages, evolving standards, and regulatory demands. Traditional education models—often siloed, instructor-dependent, and difficult to scale—struggle to meet these challenges consistently across diverse practice settings.
This session explores how the AORN–CineMed Video Library provides a scalable, video-based education model designed to support perioperative onboarding, competency validation, and ongoing professional development. Built on AORN’s evidence-based guidelines and decades of surgical education expertise, the library delivers standardized, high-quality perioperative content that can be integrated into existing learning management systems or accessed as a centralized education resource.
Attendees will review real-world use cases demonstrating how organizations leverage video-based education to accelerate onboarding, reinforce best practices, and support continuous learning across the perioperative continuum. The presentation will also address how this approach helps align education with quality improvement initiatives, workforce readiness goals, and regulatory requirements, while reducing reliance on instructor-led training alone.
Through platform demonstrations and discussion, participants will gain insight into practical implementation strategies, governance considerations, and methods for measuring impact on learner engagement and competency. This session is designed for perioperative educators, leaders, and administrators seeking innovative, sustainable solutions to modernize perioperative education and build resilient, future-ready teams.
Description of Current State: Perioperative education is increasingly challenged by workforce shortages, high turnover, and variability in staff experience levels. Many organizations rely heavily on instructor-led training and locally developed materials, which can be difficult to scale, maintain, and standardize across shifts, specialties, and facilities. As a result, onboarding timelines are often extended, competency validation processes are inconsistent, and ongoing education may be fragmented or deprioritized due to limited educator resources.
Additionally, rapid updates to evidence-based guidelines, regulatory expectations, and best practices create pressure to keep educational content current and accessible. Educators and leaders must balance operational demands with the need to ensure staff competency, patient safety, and compliance—often with limited time, budget, and infrastructure. These challenges are compounded by the growing expectation for flexible, on-demand learning that accommodates diverse learning styles and schedules.
The current state highlights a need for education models that support consistency, scalability, and sustainability while aligning with quality improvement initiatives and regulatory requirements. Perioperative leaders are actively seeking approaches that reduce reliance on in-person instruction alone, improve access to standardized content, and support lifelong learning across the perioperative continuum.
