Nursing Student Perceptions of Standardized Patient Use in Health Assessment

作者：Slater Larry Z^*; Bryant Kellie D; Ng Vicky

来源：Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 2016, 12(9): 368-376.

DOI：10.1016/j.ecns.2016.04.007

• undergraduate nursing
• nursing education
• simulation
• standardized patients
• health assessment
• critical thinking

Background: Peer physical examinations (PPEs) are often used to teach health assessment (HA) skills in undergraduate nursing education; however, the use of standardized patients (SPs) has been shown to have a greater impact on cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning.
Method: Survey results from students who completed their HA final head-to-toe assessment evaluation using PPEs versus SPs were compared in this mixed-method descriptive study.
Results: Students who used SPs indicated their assessment required more critical thinking and less memorization compared with those who used PPEs for their HA final head-to-toe assessment evaluation (p < .05).
Conclusion: The use of SPs and case-based scenarios is an innovative teaching modality that can improve undergraduate nursing students' critical thinking and assessment skills.

• 出版日期2016-9