title: Effects of a Web-based teaching method on undergraduate nursing students' learning of electrocardiography.
abstract: This study examined the effects of a Web-based teaching method (versus a traditional lecture method) on undergraduate nursing students' learning of electrocardiography (ECG). The Web-based learning program was developed by the authors and implemented for 4 weeks. The study used a pretest-posttest experimental design. A total of 105 senior nursing students were recruited at a university in Korea. Fifty-four students were assigned to an experimental group in 2002, and 51 were assigned to a control group in 2003. Knowledge about ECG among students in the Web-based group was significantly lower than that of students in the control group (p < .01). Conversely, the ability to interpret ECG recordings was significantly higher among students in the Web-based group (p < .05). No significant differences were found between the two groups in level of motivation or satisfaction with learning. The self-directed, Web-based ECG learning program appears to be effective in helping nursing students to interpret ECG recordings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chonnam National University, Gwang-ju, South Korea.
authors.forename: Keum S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Seon Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Soon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yoon M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Mi J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000451:nursing*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007723:Korea; D009042:Motivation; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*