title: BSN students present research findings on complex health problems in poster session format.
abstract: An outcome measure of baccalaureate nursing education is the ability of undergraduates to be critical consumers of research and evaluate the applicability of findings in the clinical arena. Integrating a simulated poster session in a senior medical-surgical course as a non-traditional teaching strategy proved to be a successful learning experience for students in developing these skills. This article describes how undergraduates created and presented posters to illustrate current research findings related to the care of patients with complex health problems. The outcomes of the poster session as an alternative learning experience to a written academic paper and the students' reactions are presented.
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authors.lastname: Hinzmann
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care