Implementation and evaluation of an interprofessional simulation-based education program for undergraduate nursing students in operating room nursing education: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Medical Education

Yue Zhao⁴  Yaguang Zheng¹  Jinbing Bai²  Nianke Shi³  Rongmei Wang⁴ 

[1] School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;School of Basic Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China;School of Nursing, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

关键词: Cooperative behavior;    Simulation;    Interprofessional;    Operating room nursing;   

Others  :  1222283
DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-015-0400-8

 received in 2015-01-13, accepted in 2015-06-29,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

The present study was designed to implement an interprofessional simulation-based education program for nursing students and evaluate the influence of this program on nursing students’ attitudes toward interprofessional education and knowledge about operating room nursing.

Methods

Nursing students were randomly assigned to either the interprofessional simulation-based education or traditional course group. A before-and-after study of nursing students’ attitudes toward the program was conducted using the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale. Responses to an open-ended question were categorized using thematic content analysis. Nursing students’ knowledge about operating room nursing was measured.

Results

Nursing students from the interprofessional simulation-based education group showed statistically different responses to four of the nineteen questions in the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale, reflecting a more positive attitude toward interprofessional learning. This was also supported by thematic content analysis of the open-ended responses. Furthermore, nursing students in the simulation-based education group had a significant improvement in knowledge about operating room nursing.

Conclusions

The integrated course with interprofessional education and simulation provided a positive impact on undergraduate nursing students’ perceptions toward interprofessional learning and knowledge about operating room nursing. Our study demonstrated that this course may be a valuable elective option for undergraduate nursing students in operating room nursing education.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Wang et al.

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