Nursing students' experiences of what influences achievement of learning outcomes in a problem-based learning context : A qualitative descriptive study

• Aim: This study aimed to describe nursing students' experiences of what facilitate orimpede the achievement of learning outcomes in PBL-basednursing education.Design: A qualitative descriptive design was used.Methods: Data were collected from individual semi-structuredinterviews with 18undergraduate nursing students in Sweden and were analysed using Burnard's qualitativecontent analysis.Results: The results were organized into three categories: (a) understanding of therequired level of knowledge depth (b) tutor's engagement and (c) student base groupinteractions. These categories represent essential components of PBL that couldeither facilitate or impede students' achievement of learning outcomes in nursingeducation. To improve the students' opportunities to achieve the learning outcomes,proper introduction of and a continuous education on PBL as a pedagogical methodprovided both to students and tutors should be considered important.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogy (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Lärande (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Learning (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

learning outcomes

nursing education

nursing students

problem-based learning

Omvårdnad

Nursing

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