![]() Do-it-yourself option
Just as personal computers revolutionized
the publishing industry, the video
industry has been transformed by consumer
video equipment. Not only are the cameras becoming easier to operate, but
simple editing is now possible throughthe cameras and the VCR. And for a small
cost, other useful equipment--previously available only at
exorbitant prices for professionals--is now available to improve
the quality of home videos. "The number of amateur video producers
is increasing. Today, it's hard to mess up a production if all you want to do
is record a message or show a simple procedure," says ASHET's Stein.
The capability to produce videos in-house
easily and affordably can provide some relief in a time of increasingly
tighter hospital training budgets. Budgets for training staff have decreased
and will continue to do so. More point and shoot" videos are being used.
For example, a day shift in-service can be taped and played again for the
evening and night shifts.
The impromptu video can even be saved to show to someone who was absent, or staff members can take the videos home.
With video, training need not always be done on company time. |
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