title: Teaching methods in community health nursing clerkships: experiences of healthcare staff in Iran.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Healthcare staff educate nursing students during their clerkships at community health nursing programs. Their teaching methods play an important role in nursing students' acquisition of competencies; however, these methods have not been studied thoroughly. Thus, this study aims to describe, interpret, and understand the experiences of healthcare staff's teaching methods in clerkships at a community health nursing program.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted using purposeful sampling and semi-structured interviews with 13 members of the staff of three urban healthcare centers in Iran. The data were analyzed through qualitative content analysis and thematic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multiplicity of teaching was identified as the main category of teaching method, and the five subcategories were teaching through lecture, demonstration, doing, visits and field trips, and readiness. The most common method used by the healthcare staff was lecturing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The healthcare staff used multiple methods to teach students in the nursing clerkship of the community health program, which was the strength of the course. However, they should be familiar with, and utilize additional methods, such as discussion rather than lecture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Esfarayen Faculty of Medical Sciences, Esfarayen, Iran.
authors.forename: Eshagh
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1049-3745
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ildarabadi
authors.affiliation: Evidence- Based Caring Research Center, Department of Medical- Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0496-2306
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karimi-Moonaghi
authors.affiliation: Evidence- Based Caring Research Center, Department of Medical- Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1082-7488
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heydari
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7594-0097
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taghipour
authors.affiliation: Department of nursing, Nursing and Midwifery School, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran.
authors.forename: Abdolghani
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7929-5539
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdollahimohammad
authors.affiliation: Nursing and Midwifery School, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
authors.forename: Azizollah
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2516-3175
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arbabisarjou
keywords: Clinical clerkship; Community health nursing; Content analysis; Staff; Teaching