title: Problem-based case study to enhance critical thinking in student nurses.
abstract: The use of traditional teaching methods, for example the lecture method, does not stimulate critical thinking in student nurses. This problem can be solved by the utilisation of problem-based case study in the classroom/clinical setting. The purpose of this study is to describe guidelines for the implementation of problem-based case study in a clinical setting among first year, comprehensive course students at the Northern Province College of Nursing: Sovenga campus. The research design of this study was qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual and was conducted in the following phases: Phase 1: The development and implementation of a program for problem-based case study in the clinical setting; Phase II: The experiences of student nurses who were exposed to problem-based case study in the clinical setting; Phase III: The perceptions of tutors regarding the implementation of problem-based case study in the clinical setting (focus group), and; ase IV: Guidelines for the implementation of problem-based case study. The data from Phases I, II and III were used to formulate guidelines for the implementation of problem-based case study. The sample group consisted of all 69 first year student nurses at the Northern Province College of Nursing: Sovenga campus and ten tutors teaching clinical courses at the same campus. The Tesch (1990) approach is used for data analysis. Nine guidelines for the implementation of a problem-based case study approach were formulated and recommendations for development of an instrument to measure critical thinking in nursing were recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Rand Afrikaans University.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Mogale
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Botes
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013019:South Africa; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013850:Thinking