Nursing students' motivation for, and experiences from, participating in a blended intensive programme on mass casualty incidents: a qualitative study

• Published in: BMC medical education Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 836 - 13
• Main Authors: Sletnes, Andreas Kvam, Stranden, Cathrine, Girotto, Alessandro, Bandiera, Elena, Geerts, Harald, Galli, Emanuele, Kone, Jordy, Torsvik, Malvin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 04.06.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Administrative Organization; Adult; Algorithms; Blended intensive programme; Care and treatment; Collaboration; College campuses; Competence; Cooperative Learning; Cultural Activities; Cultural Awareness; Educational Change; Educational objectives; Emergency nursing; Emergency preparedness; Emergency Programs; Evacuations & rescues; Exchange Programs; Female; Focus Groups; Guidelines; Higher education; Hospitals; Humans; International Educational Exchange; Interviews; Knowledge; Language Proficiency; Learner Engagement; Learning; Male; Mass casualties; Mass Casualty Incidents; Mass casualty training; Medical education; Medical students; Methods; Motivation; Motivation in education; National Standards; Norway; Nurses; Nursing education; Nursing Students; Outcomes of Education; Patients; Pedagogy; Qualitative Research; Short-term exchange programmes; Simulation; Simulation-Based learning; Simulations; Student Motivation; Students, Nursing - psychology; Study abroad; Study and teaching; Surveys; Trauma; Young Adult; Norway; Europe; Italy; Netherlands; Spain; Foreign; Simulation-Based learning; Simulations; Short-term exchange programmes; Students; Education; Team-Based learning; Mass casualty training; Interdisciplinary; International collaboration; Exchange programs; Blended intensive programme

Student mobility programmes aim to enhance academic competence and personal growth. However, non-academic reasons are decisive for students' decisions not to participate in exchange programmes abroad. Short exchange programmes are becoming increasingly popular among both institutions and studen...