Effects of the Virtual Simulation Prebriefing-Debriefing Educational Strategy on Nursing Students’ Self-Efficacy and Virtual Simulation Performance: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Penalo, Laura M.

doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2023.101431

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“…To the best of the authors' knowledge, this study represents the initial endeavor to assess the feasibility of VP cases for CPD among nurses in primary health care. However, previous studies have utilized VP cases for training nursing students in their nal years, and those who returned to University for further education, and these studies have consistently demonstrated the progression of clinical reasoning for the participants [5,[19][20][21].…”

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Enhancing Continuous Professional Development: Virtual Patient Cases as a Learning Strategy for Nurses at Primary Health Care in Rwanda: a quasi-experimental design

Nyiringango,

Fors,

Forsberg

et al. 2023

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Background: In Rwanda, nurses manage all primary care at health centres, and therefore are, their clinical reasoning skills important. In this study, a web-based software that allows the creation of virtual patient cases (VP cases) has been used for studying the possibility of using VP cases for the continuous professional development of nurses in primary health care in Rwanda. Previous studies in pre-service education have linked VP cases with the enhancement of clinical reasoning, a critical competence for nurses. This study investigated the feasibility of continuous professional development through VP cases to further train in-service nurses in clinical reasoning. Method: The study used a quasi-experimental design of a pre-post test. Initially, seventy-three participants completed a questionnaire as part of the pre-test phase, subsequently invited to engage with all four VP cases, and finally responded to the post-test questionnaire evaluating clinical reasoning skills. Fifty-six participants successfully completed the entire study process and were considered in the analysis. The primary outcomes of this study were evaluated using a paired t-test for the statistical analysis. Results: The results show that the mean score of clinical reasoning increased significantly from the pre-test to the post-test for all four illness areas (p<0.001). The study findings showed no statistically significant difference in participants’ scores based on demographic factors, including whether they worked in urban or rural areas. Conclusion and recommendation: Utilizing Virtual Patient cases appears to significantly enhance the continuous professional development of nurses, fostering a deliberate learning process that enables them to reflect on how they manage cases and, in turn, refine their clinical reasoning skills. This study strongly recommends incorporating VP cases in the continuous professional development of nurses at the primary health level (health centres). This is especially pertinent in a context where nurses are required to perform diagnostic processes similar to those employed by physicians.

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Enhancing Continuous Professional Development: Virtual Patient Cases as a Learning Strategy for Nurses at Primary Health Care in Rwanda: a quasi-experimental design

Nyiringango,

Fors,

Forsberg

et al. 2023

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“…Rwanda has five provinces (including Kigali city) and each province has a number of districts. In total, Rwanda has 499 health centers almost distributed equally in all districts of all provinces [ 21 ]. A health center in Rwanda is a primary health institution that offers preventive, curative, and rehabilitative health services and has between 10 and 20 nurses employed.…”

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Enhancing clinical reasoning for management of non-communicable diseases: virtual patient cases as a learning strategy for nurses in primary healthcare centers: a pre-post study design

Nyiringango,

Fors,

Forsberg

et al. 2024

BMC Med Educ

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Background In Rwanda, nurses manage all primary care at health centres, and therefore are their clinical reasoning skills important. In this study, a web-based software that allows the creation of virtual patient cases (VP cases) has been used for studying the possibility of using VP cases for the continuous professional development of nurses in primary health care in Rwanda. Previous studies in pre-service education have linked VP cases with the enhancement of clinical reasoning, a critical competence for nurses. This study investigated the feasibility of continuous professional development through VP cases to further train in-service nurses in clinical reasoning. Method The study used a pre-post test design. Initially, seventy-six participants completed a questionnaire as part of the pre-test phase, subsequently invited to engage with all four VP cases, and finally responded to the post-test questionnaire evaluating clinical reasoning skills. Fifty-six participants successfully completed the entire study process and were considered in the analysis. The primary outcomes of this study were evaluated using a paired t-test for the statistical analysis. Results The results show that the mean score of clinical reasoning increased significantly from the pre-test to the post-test for all four illness areas (p < 0.001). The study findings showed no statistically significant difference in participants’ scores based on demographic factors, including whether they worked in urban or rural areas. Conclusion and recommendation Utilizing VP cases appears to significantly enhance the continuous professional development of nurses, fostering a deliberate learning process that enables them to reflect on how they manage cases and, in turn, refine their clinical reasoning skills. This study strongly recommends incorporating VP cases in the continuous professional development of nurses at the primary health level (health centers). This is especially pertinent in a context where nurses are required to perform diagnostic processes similar to those employed by physicians.

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Using virtual patient simulation with partial task trainer: A quasi-experimental study

Sahin Karaduman,

Basak,

Duman

2024

Nurse Education in Practice

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Effects of the Virtual Simulation Prebriefing-Debriefing Educational Strategy on Nursing Students’ Self-Efficacy and Virtual Simulation Performance: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Enhancing Continuous Professional Development: Virtual Patient Cases as a Learning Strategy for Nurses at Primary Health Care in Rwanda: a quasi-experimental design

Enhancing Continuous Professional Development: Virtual Patient Cases as a Learning Strategy for Nurses at Primary Health Care in Rwanda: a quasi-experimental design

Enhancing clinical reasoning for management of non-communicable diseases: virtual patient cases as a learning strategy for nurses in primary healthcare centers: a pre-post study design

Using virtual patient simulation with partial task trainer: A quasi-experimental study

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