Development and evaluation of a PBL-based continuing education for clinical nurses: a pilot study.
OBJECTIVE
The purposes of this study were to develop a PBL program for continuing nurse education and to evaluate the program after its implementation.


METHODS
The PBL program was developed in the core cardio-pulmonary nursing concepts through a collaborative approach with a nursing school and a hospital. The PBL packages with simulation on ACLS were implemented to 40 clinical nurses. The entire PBL program consisted of six 3-hour weekly classes and was evaluated by the participants' subjective responses.


RESULTS
Two PBL packages in cardio-pulmonary system including clinical cases and tutorial guidelines were developed. The 57.5% of the participants responded positively about the use of PBL as continuing nurse education in terms of self-motivated and cooperative learning, whereas 20.0% of the participants answered that the PBL method was not suitable for clinical nurses. Some modifications were suggested in grouping participants and program contents for PBL.


CONCLUSIONS
The PBL method could be utilized to promote nurses' clinical competencies as well as self-learning abilities. Further research is needed in the implementation strategies of PBL-based continuing education in order to improve its effectiveness.
Kim
Hee Soon
HS
Nursing Policy Research Institute, College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
Hwang
Seon Young
SY
Oh
Eui Geum
EG
Lee
Jae Eun
JE
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000451:nursing; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000451:nursing; D008348:Manikins; D008875:Middle Aged; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010865:Pilot Projects; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000193:education