Engaging perioperative students in online learning: Human factors.

The aim of this article is to reflect on how a specific approach to teaching and learning - role-play and in particular the 'radio play' format - can overcome some of the alienation and barriers to student engagement that the necessity for online teaching can engender. The example used is a post-registration module in perioperative nursing delivered in a London University. Authors reflect on experiences of developing and implementing an activity designed to increase student engagement in an online session focussing on human factors in the perioperative setting.