Investigating the Relationship between Nursing Students' Perception of the Instructional Environment on the Level of Their Academic Engagement at the Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in 2018-19

Abstract Background: One of the essential activities in improving the quality and effectiveness of teaching is to pay attention to the quality of teaching and engagement of students in their academic process. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between teaching quality and academic engagement among Iranian nursing students. Methods: This is a descriptive-correlational study. The present study was carried out on 124 anesthesia and operating room nursing students who were selected using simple random sampling in the year 2017. The research tools included standard demographic, course experience, and academic engagement questionnaires. Data analysis was carried out using descriptive tests, independent t-test, and Pearson correlation in SPSS ver. 24. Results: The results of Pearson correlation analysis on the relationship between the subscales of teaching quality, including good teaching, clear goals, appropriate assessment, appropriate workload, independence, and generic skills with academic engagement showed a statistically significant relationship between all remaining subscales, except for the proper workload sub-scale (P=0.234). Conclusion: The results of this study showed a significant positive correlation between the course experience and academic engagement. Therefore, steps can be taken to improve the quality of the educational system using active and student-centered teaching methods.

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The Relationship between Course Experience and Academic Engagement in Medical Students: a descriptive-correlational study

10.21203/rs.2.16093/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Amin Haghgoo ◽

Hadi Asady ◽

Bahram Armoon ◽

Amir-Hossein Bayat

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Academic Engagement ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Correlational Study ◽

Student Centered ◽

Course Experience ◽

Room Nursing ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background One of the essential activities in improving the quality and effectiveness of teaching is to pay attention to the course experience (CE) and academic engagement (AE) of students in their academic process. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between CE and AE among Iranian nursing students.Methods This is a descriptive-correlational study. The present study was carried out on 124 anesthesia and operating room nursing students who were selected using simple random sampling in the year 2017. The research tools included standard demographic, CE, and AE questionnaires. Data analysis was carried out using descriptive tests, independent t-test, and Pearson correlation in SPSS ver. 24.Results The results of Pearson correlation analysis on the relationship between the subscales of CE, including good teaching, clear goals, appropriate assessment, appropriate workload, independence, and generic skills with AE showed a statistically significant relationship between all remaining subscales, except for the proper workload sub-scale (P=0.234).Conclusions The results of this study showed a significant positive correlation between the CE and AE. Therefore, steps can be taken to improve the quality of the educational system using active and student-centered teaching methods.

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Investigating the relationship between moral sensitivity and attitude towards euthanasia in nursing students of Birjand University of Medical Sciences

Clinical Ethics ◽

10.1177/14777509211016294 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 147775092110162

Author(s):

Elnaz Yazdanparast ◽

Malihe Davoudi ◽

Seyed Hasan Ghorbani ◽

Amirhossein Akbarian ◽

Hadi Ahmadi Chenari

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Scientific Concept ◽

Future Research ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Controversial Issues ◽

Ethical Challenges ◽

Moral Sensitivity ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

The Mean ◽

The Relationship

Euthanasia is one of the most controversial issues in medical ethics and one of the ten major ethical challenges in medicine and health sciences. The present study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between moral sensitivity and attitudes toward euthanasia among nursing students at Birjand University of Medical Sciences in 2020. Birjand University of Medical Sciences has four nursing schools. Cluster sampling method was used for selection of samples. After sampling Ferdows nursing school was selected. Nursing students of Ferdows School were 156 person which 144 participated in the study based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Students completed demographic information questionnaire, moral sensitivity questionnaire and euthanasia attitude questionnaire. Data were entered into SPSS software version 19 using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. Findings of this study showed that among nursing students, the mean score of moral sensitivity was 59.59 ± 11.21 and was moderate. The mean score of attitudes towards euthanasia was 0.981 ± 0.336. In addition, according to the results, correlation test showed that there is a significant direct but weak relationship between moral sensitivity and attitude to euthanasia in students (P < 0.01, R = 0.219). According to the findings of the present study, moral sensitivity as a scientific concept is one of the determining factors in attitudes toward euthanasia, but other factors can also affect nurses' attitudes toward euthanasia, which should be investigated and determined in future research.

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