Infection control programmed instruction: an alternative to classroom instruction in baccalaureate nursing education.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether self-managed learning in the form of a programmed unit of instruction (PUI) in the basic principles of infection control is an acceptable alternative to a standard lecture format for teaching infection control to nursing students. A sample of 108 subjects was selected from third-year baccalaureate nursing students at two universities. The subjects were randomly assigned to two groups. The experimental group was given the pretest, the PUI (treatment), the post-test, and a Likert scale opinionnaire of the PUI. The control group was pretested and presented the same content in a lecture format, then post-tested. A pretest-post-test control group design was used for data analysis and a one-way analysis of covariance was performed on the post-test means of the groups. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was applied to the post-test means of the groups, with pretest scores and educational setting as covariates. Results indicate that nursing students who complete an infection control PUI score higher on post-tests than those who attend a lecture (p less than .001), regardless of pretest scores and educational setting. Subjects using the PUI also preferred this format and found the content manageable.
Goldrick
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University of Connecticut School of Nursing, Storrs 06268.
Appling-Stevens
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Larson
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards