A quasi-experiment to evaluate the effects of a blended approach of simulation learning and podcasting on caring behaviours

Bush, Emma; Loke, Jennifer; Lee, Bryant

Abstract

Background: The need for quality nursing personnel in clinical practice expected nurse teachers to be able to impart instrumental and expressive aspects of caring behaviours to nursing students. Operating in a resource-limited higher educational context, nurse teachers are required to do so in a cost effective way. This study as part of a larger study evaluated the effects of a blended approach to learning of caring behaviours based on ‘modified’ medium-fidelity simulation scenarios and podcasting to repeat debriefs. Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental, two group pre-test-post-test design. The study included 146 second year nursing students. Participants were divided into ‘intervention’ and ‘control’ groups and were asked to complete a caring behaviour inventory scale at various stages of the research study. Results: Students in the intervention group scored statistically higher, post receiving medium-fidelity simulation learning and higher post podcasting. The exposure to high fidelity simulation learning has resulted in the lower scoring in control group. Conclusions: This study highlights the value of a blended approach based on medium-fidelity simulation learning and podcasting. Successful learning of caring behaviours lies in the heart of a care-oriented teaching approach rather than the use of sophisticated technologies. This study has implications for a better practice in nursing education for developing student caring behaviours, it also has a wider implication for all vocational and non-nursing healthcare education.

Citation

Bush, E., Loke, J., & Lee, B. (2016). A quasi-experiment to evaluate the effects of a blended approach of simulation learning and podcasting on caring behaviours. GSTF Journal of Nursing and Health Care (JNHC), 3(2), 4-10

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 23, 2016
• Publication Date: 2016-06
• Deposit Date: Jun 15, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 30, 2016
• Journal: GSTF journal of nursing and health care
• Print ISSN: 2345-7198
• Electronic ISSN: 2345-7198
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 4-10
• Keywords: Blending learning, Caring behaviours, Clinical skills, High fidelity simulation training, Medium fidelity simulation training, Nursing education, Podcasting
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/439640
• Publisher URL: http://dl6.globalstf.org/index.php/jnhc/article/view/1595
• Additional Information: This is a copy of an open access article published in GSTF journal of nursing and health care, 2016, v.3 issue 2.