Can a Virtual Patient Trainer Teach Student Nurses How to Save Lives-Teaching Nursing Students About Pediatric Respiratory Diseases
Can a Virtual Patient Trainer Teach Student Nurses How to Save Lives-Teaching Nursing Students About Pediatric Respiratory Diseases
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DOI：
10.1097/sih.0b013e31823652de
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
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2.4
通讯作者：
John, Lauri D.
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作者：
LeFlore, Judy L.;Anderson, Mindi;John, Lauri D.
简介：虚拟环境提供了各种各样的好处，并可能是一个强大的媒体，提供护理教育。本研究的目的是比较使用虚拟患者培训师或传统讲座教授儿科呼吸内容时本科护理学生的学习成果。方法：这是一项随机、对照、后测设计。一个虚拟的儿科医院单元填充了四个虚拟的儿科患者，他们患有不同的呼吸系统疾病，旨在满足与传统讲座相同的学习目标。这项研究开始于2010年春季，93名高年级护理本科生。学生们被随机分配接受传统的讲座或虚拟患者培训师的体验。学生的知识获取进行了评估，使用多项选择题，和知识的应用程序进行了测量，在两个模拟的临床场景，使用高保真人体模型和标准化patients.Results：93名学生参加了这项研究，其中46名是在实验组，收到的内容，使用虚拟病人教练的及时性护理。干预后，在实验组的学生有显着较高的知识获取（P = 0.004）和更好的知识应用（P = 0.001）为每两个场景比学生在control group.Conclusions：本项目的目的是比较一个虚拟的病人教练到传统的讲座为实现儿科呼吸内容的学习成果。虽然虚拟患者培训师的经验产生了统计学上更好的结果，但差异可能没有临床意义。结果表明，一个虚拟的病人教练可能是一个有效的替代学习成果的实现，通常是使用传统的讲座形式。需要进一步的研究，以了解如何最好地将虚拟病人教练到本科护理教育。(Sim医疗保健7：10-17，2012）
Introduction: Virtual environments offer a variety of benefits and may be a powerful medium with which to provide nursing education. The objective of this study was to compare the achievement of learning outcomes of undergraduate nursing students when a virtual patient trainer or a traditional lecture was used to teach pediatric respiratory content.Methods: This was a randomized, controlled, posttest design. A virtual pediatric hospital unit was populated with four virtual pediatric patients having different respiratory diseases that were designed to meet the same learning objectives as a traditional lecture. The study began in Spring 2010 with 93 Senior I, baccalaureate nursing students. Students were randomized to receive either a traditional lecture or an experience with a virtual patient trainer. Students' knowledge acquisition was evaluated using multiple-choice questions, and knowledge application was measured as timeliness of care in two simulated clinical scenarios using high-fidelity mannequins and standardized patients.Results: Ninety-three students participated in the study, of which 46 were in the experimental group that received content using the virtual patient trainer. After the intervention, students in the experimental group had significantly higher knowledge acquisition (P = 0.004) and better knowledge application (P = 0.001) for each of the two scenarios than students in the control group.Conclusions: The purpose of this project was to compare a virtual patient trainer to a traditional lecture for the achievement of learning outcomes for pediatric respiratory content. Although the virtual patient trainer experience produced statistically better outcomes, the differences may not be clinically significant. The results suggest that a virtual patient trainer may be an effective substitute for the achievement of learning outcomes that are typically met using a traditional lecture format. Further research is needed to understand how best to integrate a virtual patient trainer into undergraduate nursing education. (Sim Healthcare 7:10-17, 2012)