Abstract
Background: Nursing educators increasingly use virtual simulation, making it important to assess it efficacy and applicability. Methods: A one-group pretest–posttest study was conducted to investigate the impact of virtual simulation on nursing students' critical thinking and self-directed learning abilities. The participants were 47 Korean nursing students, completing a 4-week course that included the use of vSim for Nursing. Results: No statistically significant differences emerged between the assessments on critical thinking or self-directed learning ability before and after virtual simulation. However, one subscale on self-directed learning ability, “gathering resources for learning,” showed statistical significance. Conclusions: Virtual simulation in its current format can be applied to Korean nursing students, but should be tailored to language appropriateness and the Korean clinical environment.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 66-72 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Clinical Simulation in Nursing |
Volume | 49 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning
Keywords
- critical thinking
- nursing education
- self-directed learning
- vSim for nursing
- virtual simulation