Effect of Exposure to Asynchronous Virtual Clinical Environments on Actual/Perceived Competence in Drug Dosage Calculation: A Pilot Study.

Introduction: Nursing students are expected to be 'practice ready' on qualifying. This includes safe medication administration. This pilot study investigates the relationship between exposure duration to asynchronous virtual drug dosage calculation scenarios and nursing student actual and perceived...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Nursing Education Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 55 - 67
Autores principales: Goldsworthy, Sandra, Weeks, Keith, Abdulmohdi, Naim, Baron, Sue, McCullough, Karey, Muir, Nita, Sears, Kim, Weeks, Alex, Perez, Grace, Moseley, Laurence, Brown, Matt, Pontin, David
Formato: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Publicado: Institute of Medico-legal publications Pvt Ltd Jan-Mar2026
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        atl: Effect of Exposure to Asynchronous Virtual Clinical Environments on Actual/Perceived Competence in Drug Dosage Calculation: A Pilot Study.
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          Goldsworthy, Sandra
          Weeks, Keith
          Abdulmohdi, Naim
          Baron, Sue
          McCullough, Karey
          Muir, Nita
          Sears, Kim
          Weeks, Alex
          Perez, Grace
          Moseley, Laurence
          Brown, Matt
          Pontin, David
        affil: Professor and Chair, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta
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          Students, Nursing, Baccalaureate
          Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate
          Dosage Forms Education
          Online Education
          Computer Simulation
          Education, Competency-Based
          Learning Environment, Clinical
          Time Factors
          COVID-19 Drug Therapy
          Clinical Competence Evaluation
          Outcomes of Education Evaluation
          Human
          United Kingdom
          Academic Medical Centers
          Randomized Controlled Trials
          Random Assignment
          Pilot Studies
          Multicenter Studies
          Quasi-Experimental Studies
          Comparative Studies
          Descriptive Statistics
          Data Analysis Software
          Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design
          Questionnaires
          Nonparametric Statistics
          Kruskal-Wallis Test
          Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
          Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
          Analysis of Covariance
          COVID-19 Pandemic
          Purposive Sample
          Medication Errors Prevention and Control
          Patient Safety
          Self-Efficacy
          Student Attitudes
          Funding Source
      ab: Introduction: Nursing students are expected to be 'practice ready' on qualifying. This includes safe medication administration. This pilot study investigates the relationship between exposure duration to asynchronous virtual drug dosage calculation scenarios and nursing student actual and perceived competence.Methodology design planned for larger scale main study was tested and piloted. Methods: A randomised quasi-experimental research design (pre- and post-test) was used. Purposive sampling was used to recruit six groups of second/third-year pre-registration undergraduate nursing students from six sites (UK and Canada). Students were randomly assigned to four groups of different exposure to the safeMedicate® COVID-19 education module. Results: Student actual competence increased across all four groups, and their perceived competence mirrored this. There was no clear dose-response relationship demonstrated. Conclusion: Valuable insights into the effects of asynchronous virtual learning on drug dosage calculation competence among nursing students were generated. Improvement in actual and perceived competence was found, but no clear dose-response relationship. Further research on a larger scale is needed to explore the impact of instructional design, feedback, and interaction on learning outcomes.
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