First year nursing students’ evaluation of Kahoot! to facilitate learning and testing knowledge. A pilot study in Ireland and Italy

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Coveney ◽  
Suja Somanadhan ◽  
Emma Nicholson ◽  
Simone Piga ◽  
Valentina Pizziconi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
First Year

scholarly journals Nursing students’ and preceptors’ experiences with a structure for feedback and reflection in supervision and learning in clinical practice ‒ a pilot study with a qualitative exploratory and descriptive design.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilde Syvertsen Plathe ◽  
Elisabeth Solheim ◽  
Hilde Eide
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Community Health Service ◽  
First Year ◽  
Clinical Tool ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Descriptive Research

Abstract Background: There is a need to improve students’ learning in clinical practice. Undergraduate students may need help transferring knowledge from reflection and feedback in simulation to clinical practice in community health service. Students and preceptors may need to improve feedback and reflection in supervising. Method. The study was a pilot with a qualitative exploratory descriptive research design. It’s aim was to explore students’ and preceptors’ experiences with a structured tool for reflection and feedback during supervision of clinical skills in practice. Four students in their first year of a bachelor’s programme in nursing and four preceptors participated. Data were collected from eight clinical skills performances, audiotaped debriefings, and open-ended questionnaires. Data were analysed by content analysis. Result: The data revealed that participants experienced four categories: “open and honest in debriefing,” “reflections on personal learning,” “reflection on the situation,” and “feedback.” Participants’ experiences supported structure in feedback and reflection. Participants’ experiences of common meaning of concepts supported structure in feedback and reflection. Conclusions : The students and preceptors experienced the clinical tool as an effective supplement to the supervision and learning of clinical skills.

Student Nurses' Personality Changes in a Mediated Curriculum

1986 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-344
Author(s):  
Diane Manning ◽  
Nancy Valentine
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
High Technology ◽  
First Year ◽  
Instructional Programs ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Personality Changes

Current trends in nursing education suggest that future instructional programs probably will include more media and high technology. A pilot study was undertaken to examine the effect of such programs on the development of personality traits of student nurses. Results substantiated informal faculty observations that first-year nursing students made significant growth on a number of variables identified by previous researchers as desirable in student nurses, including conscientiousness, self-assurance, control, leadership, sobriety, and reduced anxiety. Suggestions are offered for further research.

The Application of American Models to the Experiences and Outcomes of Canadian and International Students Studying in Canada

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Paul Grayson
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
International Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
First Year ◽  
Program Satisfaction ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
General Utility ◽  
American Students ◽  
The Us

In order to test the general utility of models developed in the US for explaining university outcomes of Canadian and international students, a three year study is currently underway at four Canadian universities. As a first step in this research, a pilot study with two objectives was conducted at York University in Toronto. The first objective is to compare the experiences and outcomes of domestic and international students in their first year of study. The second objective is to test the applicability of a parsimonious general model of student outcomes derived from examinations of American students to Canadian and international students studying in Canada. The specific outcomes examined are academic achievement, credit completion, and program satisfaction in the first year of study.

The effectiveness of scenario-based learning to develop patient safety behavior in first year nursing students

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Derya Uzelli Yilmaz ◽  
Esra Akin Palandoken ◽  
Burcu Ceylan ◽  
Ayşe Akbiyik
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Intramuscular Injection ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
First Year ◽  
Safety Skills ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Nursing Course

AbstractThe aim of this study was to examine the effect of scenario-based learning (SBL) compared to traditional demonstration method on the development of patient safety behavior in first year nursing students. During the 2016–2017 academic year, the Fundamentals of Nursing course curriculum contained the teaching of demonstration method (n=168). In the academic year 2017–2018 was performed with SBL method in the same context (n=183). Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) that assesses the same three skills was implemented in both academic terms to provide standardization so that students could evaluated in terms of patient safety competency. It was found that students’ performance of some of the steps assessed were not consistently between the demonstration and SBL methods across the three skills. There was a statistically significant difference between demonstration method and SBL method for students’ performing the skill steps related to patient safety in intramuscular injection (p<0.05) Our results suggest that the integration of SBL into the nursing skills training may be used as a method of teaching in order to the development of patient safety skills.

Comparison of simulation observer tools on engagement and maximising learning: a pilot study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Johnston ◽  
Naomi Tutticci ◽  
Karen Theobald ◽  
Joanne Ramsbotham
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Clinical Reasoning ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Reasoning Ability ◽  
Main Study ◽  
Standard Observer ◽  
Learning Behaviours ◽  
And Training

Abstract Objectives This pilot study examined if the Clinical Reasoning Observer Worksheet (CROW) compared to a standard observer worksheet used during simulation, would enhance nursing students active learning behaviours and perceptions of clinical reasoning ability. Methods This pilot study was undertaken to test the design and processes for a future larger study and reports on preliminary evidence of efficacy of recruitment procedures and instrumentation in addition to student’s learning outcomes. Results There was little overall difference in outcomes between groups who used either simulation observer worksheet. Overall, participants who used either worksheet perceived their ability to apply clinical reasoning to an episode of patient care increased. Conclusions Modifications were identified as necessary for a larger study including changes to instrumentation, method of survey delivery and training of simulation facilitators. A more definitive evaluation will be achievable with a larger group of students in a main study with the suggested modifications.

scholarly journals The relationship between empathy and altruistic motivations in nursing studies: a multi-method study

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Messineo ◽  
Luciano Seta ◽  
Mario Allegra
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Care Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
Young Males ◽  
Young Females

Abstract Background The efficient management of relational competences in healthcare professionals is crucial to ensuring that a patient’s treatment and care process is conducted positively. Empathy is a major component of the relational skills expected of health professionals. Knowledge of undergraduate healthcare students’ empathic abilities is important for educators in designing specific and efficient educational programmes aimed at supporting or enhancing such competences. In this study, we measured first-year undergraduate nursing students’ attitudes towards professional empathy in clinical encounters. The students’ motivations for entering nursing education were also evaluated. This study takes a multi-method approach based on the use of qualitative and quantitative tools to examine the association between students’ positive attitudes towards the value of empathy in health professionals and their prosocial and altruistic motivations in choosing to engage in nursing studies. Methods A multi-method study was performed with 77 first-year nursing students. The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) – Health Professions Student Version was administered. Students’ motivations for choosing nursing studies were detected through an open question and thematically analysed. Using explorative factor analysis and principal component analysis, a dimensional reduction was conducted to identify subjects with prosocial and altruistic motivations. Finally, linear models were tested to examine specific associations between motivation and empathy. Results Seven distinct themes distinguishing internal and external motivational factors were identified through a thematic analysis of students’ answers regarding their decision to enter a nursing degree course. Female students gained higher scores on the empathy scale than male ones. When students’ age was considered, this difference was only observed for younger students, with young females’ total scores being higher than young males'. High empathy scores were positively associated with altruistic motivational factors. A negative correlation was found between external motivational factors and the scores of the Compassionate Care subscale of the JSE. Conclusions Knowing the level of nursing students’ empathy and their motivational factors for entering nursing studies is important for educators to implement training paths that enhance students’ relational attitudes and skills and promote the positive motivational aspects that are central to this profession.

scholarly journals Using an Implementation Trial of an ePortfolio System to Promote Student Learning through Self-Reflection: Leveraging the Success

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Chris Campbell ◽  
Tran Le Nghi Tran
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
First Year ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Large N ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Implementation Trial

This paper reports on a pilot study that was conducted during a technical trial of a new ePortfolio system at a large Australian university. Students from a large (n = 325) first-year educational technology course were given the opportunity to use the new ePortfolio system weekly as part of their reflective practice at the end of the hands-on tutorial classes and also through a blogging assignment that required six posts throughout the semester. Although the students reflecting on their work and ePortfolios themselves are not new concepts, this paper reports how assessment practices can be improved using ePortfolios and how students can improve their reflective practice through simple and regular use throughout the 12-week semester that the study was conducted. From the class, 208 students responded to the survey with the results being positive. The students were able to use the system easily and did not report many problems with crashing or freezing. The lessons learnt form an important part of this study for future iterations with these reported in the paper.

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