The 2nd Asian Conference on Safety and Education in Laboratory

Effectiveness of on-line training on lab safety for undergraduate students

01.12.2015

Iseul Lim, Kibeom Kwon, Seonhye Gwak, Sujung ParkAram Lee, Sunhyoung Back, Jeongim Park‡

Soonchunhyang University, South Korea

Requirements on Safety training

Methods Results & Discussion ConclusionsIntroduction

- Laboratory Safety Act (since 2006)- Science & Engineering major students in Korea should

take six-hours training on laboratory safety every semester

Difficulties of Off-line/on-site training

- Off-line or On-site training isn’t accessible by the majority of undergraduate students

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Methods Results & Discussion ConclusionsIntroduction

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Challenges of providing on-site training to undergraduates

- Convincing professors of the importance of the training

- High existing demands pressures on undergraduate time

- Lack of suitable training materials for the undergraduate levels

- Lack of teaching staff

- Dominated by theoretical learning materials and training skills

Practical alternative = On-line training

- On-line training has been considered as an practical alternative

“Lab safety” courses by KIRD

- KIRD(Korea Institute of Human Resources Development)

Methods Results & Discussion ConclusionsIntroduction

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ContentsMethods Results & Discussion ConclusionsIntroduction

1. Introduction to the Lab Safety Law 16. Safety in the Handling of Chemicals Ⅰ

2. The Psychology Behind Accident 17. Safety in the Handling of Chemicals Ⅱ

3. Safety and ergonomics 18. Safety in the Handling of Chemicals Ⅲ

4. Laboratory Safety Inspection 19. Biological Experiment Safety Ⅰ

5. Laboratory Safety Management Ⅰ 20. Biological Experiment Safety Ⅱ

6. Laboratory Safety Management Ⅱ 21. Biological Experiment Safety Ⅲ

7. Hygiene Health-Occupational disease prevention and screening

22. Safety in Gas Ⅰ

8. Laboratory Accident Case and Prevention Management

23. Safety in Gas Ⅱ

9. Foreign cases Ⅰ 24. Safety on Machine Test

10. Foreign cases Ⅱ 25. Electrical Safety at Electric/Electronic Lab

11. Cases of good laboratories 26. Radiation Safety

12. Electricity Safety 27. Machine and Equipment Safety

13. Fire Safety28. Safety of civil and architectural engineering

laboratory

14. Fire Aid 29. Safety when handing dangerous substance

15. Action the Accident Insurance 30. Safety management of animal testing

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Methods Results & Discussion ConclusionsIntroduction

Purpose of this study

- To investigate the effectiveness of the on-line training service among undergraduates

Does it really work?

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Introduction Results & Discussion ConclusionsMethods

Methods

Method Google Forms

Period23 OCT 2015 ~

26 OCT 2015

SubjectsScience & Engineering major Undergraduate

students in Korea

http://goo.gl/forms/yfVFcqWb5y

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15 Questions of the survey- Q1. Science, engineering, or medical science major

- Q2. Gender

- Q3. Specific major

- Q4. Class year

- Q5. Have you ever taken the on-line training

offered by KIRD?

- Q6. Have you ever attended offline/on-site

courses?

- Q7. Does your core curricular have a laboratory

class(es)?

- Q8. Has the online course contributed to improve

your knowledge on lab safety ?

- Q9. Has the online course affected to your

perception on the significance of lab safety?

- Q10. Have you ever applied your safety

knowledge during your lab exercises?

- Q11. Do you consider the level of online training is

too advanced?

- Q12. Are you satisfied with the on-line training?

If not, specify the reasons.

-Q13. Have you ever completed the online training

through cheating ?

- Q14. What was the most important criteria for

selecting subjects of on-line training?

- Q15. List 12 subjects you took recently.

Satisfaction with on-line

courses

Experiences on lab safety

training

Effectiveness of on-line courses

Attitudein taking courses

General Characteristics

Introduction Results & Discussion ConclusionsMethods

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General Characteristics

Gender, major and grade

of participants

were nicely distributed

IntroductionIntroduction Methods ConclusionsResults & Discussion

Separation Frequency Percent(%)

Gender

Female 154 54

Male 133 46

Total 287 100

Major

Natural science 108 38

Engineering 92 32

Medical science 87 30

Total 287 100

Grade

Freshman 61 21

Sophomore 67 24

Junior 84 29

Senior 71 25

Etc 4 1

Total 287 100

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Q5.

Have you ever taken lectures

the on-line training

Q6.

Have you received off-

line education?

Q7.

Do your major have a lab

course?

Yes 257 (89%) Yes 227 (88%) Yes 51 (22%)

No 30 (11%) No 30 (12%) No 176 (78%)

IntroductionIntroduction Methods ConclusionsResults & Discussion

Yes 42 (16%)

No 215 (84%)

Q7-1.

Do you ever feel dangerous

in the experiment?

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Q7-1. Have you ever suspected danger during lab works?

This study

Frequency Percent

Yes 51 22.5

No 176 77.5

Total 227 100

Perception on potential risks in laboratory

Previous study

Frequency Percent

Yes 222 66.3

No 113 33.7

Total 335 100

VS

(Science and Technology Policy Institute in KOREA. 2003)

IntroductionIntroduction Methods ConclusionsResults & Discussion

Subjects : 335 graduated students of KAIST, Korea

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Effectiveness of taking on-line courses

211

33

23

31

3,1

19,5

28,421

28

11

89

Behavioral changeImportance of Lab safetyImprovement of knowledge

IntroductionIntroduction Methods ConclusionsResults & Discussion

Unit : %

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Satisfaction on on-line courses

Q12. Are you satisfied with the on-line training?

IntroductionIntroduction Methods ConclusionsResults & Discussion

0,88,6

22,6

30,7

37,3

very satisfied

satisfied

no opinion

dissatisfied

very dissatisfied

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Unit : %

Why?

IntroductionIntroduction Methods ConclusionsResults & Discussion

Inefficiency- No major relevance

- No awareness of the importance Problem of system - So childish

- Easier content

A waste of time- No knowledge improvement

- Repeated learning

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Introduction Methods Results & Discussion Conclusions

Conclusions

- This survey results indicated that current on-line

training course might have little or no effect.

- The way forward should be to re-evaluate the

effectiveness of the online training courses as well as

the relevance of mandatory training length.

- Rather, mainstreaming lab safety training into lab

courses may be a better alternative for undergraduates.

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Iseul Limlimis223@gmail.com

Soonchunhyang University, South Korea

The 2nd Asian Conference on Safety and Education in Laboratory

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