Abstract: Objective To explore the application effect of micro-class and flipped classroom in occupational safety training for nursing students in operating room. Methods Micro-class and flipped classroom were preformed in the clinical teaching for 63 nursing students in 2017 in the operating room for 4 weeks. Occupational safety knowledge and operation skills were assessed and the incidence of sharp instrument injury was recorded. Results Nursing students performed better than before training in theoretical test of occupational safety in the operating room after 4-week training (P<0.01). In the operation skill test, all the 63 students got score higher than 90 in the test of hand antisepsis, and 58 students got score higher than 90 in the test of sharp instrument injury, accounting for 92%. The incidence of sharp instrument injury was 8% (5/63). Conclusion With micro-class and flipped classroom, occupational safety knowledge and operation skills of nursing students are improved, which could help to reduce occupational injury in clinical practice.

Key words: nursing student, micro-class, flipped classroom, teaching, operating room, occupational safety