The effect of simulation courseware on critical thinking in undergraduate nursing students: Multi-site pre-post study.

Background: The use of simulations has been considered as opportunities for students to enhance their critical thinking (CT), but previous studies were limited because they did not provide in-depth information on the working dynamics of simulation or on the effects of the number of simulation exposu...

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Publicado en:Nurse Education Today Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 537 - 543
Autores principales: Hyunsook Shin, Hyunhee Ma, Jiyoung Park, Eun Sun Ji, Dong Hee Kim
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Apr2015
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          Hyunsook Shin
          Hyunhee Ma
          Jiyoung Park
          Eun Sun Ji
          Dong Hee Kim
        affil: Kyung Hee University College of Nursing Science, 100 Kyungheedaero, Hoegidong, Dongdaemungu, Seoul South Korea
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          Education, Nursing
          Critical Thinking Education
          Simulations
          Pediatric Nursing Education
          Research
          Education Research
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Multicenter Studies
          Schools, Nursing
          Patient Simulation
          Models, Anatomic
          Scales
          Critical Thinking Evaluation
          Outcomes of Education Evaluation
          Judgment Evaluation
      ab: Background: The use of simulations has been considered as opportunities for students to enhance their critical thinking (CT), but previous studies were limited because they did not provide in-depth information on the working dynamics of simulation or on the effects of the number of simulation exposures on CT. Objectives: This study examined the effect of an integrated pediatric nursing simulation used in a nursing practicum on students' CT abilities and identified the effects of differing numbers of simulation exposures on CT in a multi-site environment. Design: The study used a multi-site, pre-test, post-test design. Participants and settings: A total of 237 nursing students at three universities enrolled in a pediatric practicum participated in this study from February to December 2013. Methods: All three schools used the same simulation courseware, including the same simulation scenarios, evaluation tools, and simulation equipment. The courseware incorporated high-fidelity simulators and standardized patients. Students at school A completed one simulation session, whereas students at schools B and C completed two and three simulation sessions, respectively. Yoon's Critical Thinking Disposition tool (2008)was used to measure students' CT abilities. Results: The gains in students' CT scores varied according to their numbers of exposures to the simulation courseware. With a single exposure, there were no statistically significant gains in CT, whereas three exposures to the courseware produced significant gains in CT. In seven subcategories of critical thinking, three exposures to the simulation courseware produced CT gains in the prudence and intellectual eagerness subcategories, and the overall simulation experience produced CT gains in the prudence, systematicity, healthy skepticism, and intellectual eagerness subcategories. Conclusions: Simulation courseware may produce positive learning outcomes for prudence in nursing education. In addition, the findings from the multi-site comparative study may contribute to greater understanding of how patient simulation experiences impact students' CT abilities.
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