Session presented on: Tuesday, July 23, 2013:
Purpose: Evidence-based practice has become imperative in clinical practice since it bridges up the gap between conducted research and clinical practice. Promote students\u27 interests and enthusiasm for research is therefore crucial when teaching nursing research. The purpose of the study was to develop innovative teaching strategies for undergraduate nursing research to increase students\u27 interests and engagement in research.
Methods: This study was descriptive, pretest and posttest quasi experimental design. One-hundred-three students enrolling in nursing research course in two classes were in the experimental group and 106 students in the other two classes were in the comparison group. The majority of students never took nursing research course or participated in any research before the class. The teaching strategy includes literature search and evaluation, in-class activities of research procedure, and final project using integrated research review method. The Attitudes toward Research, Classroom Engagement Scale, Self-Directed Learning Instrument, Nursing Eight Core Competences Scale, and Value of Teams were applied to evaluate the outcomes of the innovative teaching strategies. Descriptive statistics and repeated ANCOVA were used to analyze the data.
Results: Participants in the experimental group exhibited higher score on attitudes toward research, nursing core competence, value of teams, class engagement, and self-directed learning than participants in the comparison group at the end of the course. The research knowledge test score was significantly higher in the experimental group than it in the comparison group. Student in the experimental group perceived lower pressure but higher degree of interest, and enjoyment and acceptance of the research course than students in the comparison group.
Conclusion: This study provides important information for nurse educators that using innovative teaching strategies in nursing research course is necessary and useful to enhance students\u27 interest, enthusiasm, and research knowledge about evidence-based practice
