title: [Development and effects of an e-learning program in operating room nursing for nursing students].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to develop an e-Learning program that assists nursing students' clinical practice in operating room nursing and to examine the learning effects.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on content and need analysis, 9 learning modules were developed for nursing care in operating rooms and with operating equipment. To verify the effects of the program, a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design was employed. The participants in this study were 74 third-year nursing students (34 in the experimental and 40 in the control group) from a junior college in G-city, Korea, who were engaged in a one week clinical practicum in an operating unit. Frequencies, χ(2)-test and t-test with the SPSS program 17.0 were used to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Knowledge was significantly higher in the experimental group compared to the control group (p=.018). However, there was no significant difference between the two groups in self-directed learning. The experimental group had significantly higher motivation toward learning, which was examined posttest only (p=.027).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results indicate that the implementation of an e-Learning program needs to be continued as an effective educational tool, but more research on the best way to implement e-Learning in students' practicum is needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Hee
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seon Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009042:Motivation; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult