Effect of and satisfaction with www.elearnSCI.org for training of nurse students: a submodule pilot study

• Published in: Spinal cord Vol. 52; no. 10; pp. 774 - 778
• Main Authors: Liu, N, Li, X W, Zhou, M W, Krassioukov, A V, Biering-Sørensen, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 01.10.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Education, Medical - methods; Education, Nursing - methods; Educational Technology - methods; Educational Technology - trends; Female; Humans; Internet - utilization; Male; Personal Satisfaction; Pilot Projects; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1362-4393; 1476-5624
• DOI: 10.1038/sc.2014.119

Interventional training session. To investigate the effect and satisfaction with didactic training using printed text of a submodule of www.elearnSCI.org for nurse students and to assess the answers of each question. A Peking University teaching hospital. Twenty-eight nurse students in two groups (14 in each) were involved. Only group A received a translated print-out of the slides from the 'Nursing management' submodule in www.elearnSCI.org for 1-h self-study before the class. At the beginning of class, both groups were tested using the self assessment questions. Then, a lecture according to the content of this submodule was carried out and afterwards both groups answered the self assessment questions again. Finally, both groups filled in a training course satisfaction questionnaire. At the beginning of the class, the mean score (max 9) of the self assessment in group A was 7.1 ± 1.1, which was significantly higher than that in group B (4.9 ± 1.7, P = 0.001). After the lecture, the mean score of the self assessment in group A had insignificantly increased to 7.4 ± 1.3, whereas in group B it increased significantly to 6.9 ± 0.8 (P < 0.001). The mean score (max 50) of the training course satisfaction questionnaire was 42.8 ± 5.2. Sixty-four percentage of the students indicated that they were very satisfied (overall score ⩾ 42) with the training and no students were unsatisfied (overall score < 30). Self-study and lecture presentation are effective methods for training the content of www.elearnSCI.org to nurse students. The training satisfaction of this submodule within the www.elearnSCI.org is favorable.