title: Using Standardized Patients in Nursing Education: Effects on Students' Psychomotor Skill Development.
abstract: The present study used a quasi-experimental design to examine the effects of using standardized patients for the psychomotor skills development of nursing students. The performance of the experimental group in blood pressure measurement was significantly higher than that of the control group; however, there was no significant difference between the groups with regard to their administration of subcutaneous injections. The results indicated that standardized patients can be integrated into nursing education for developing psychomotor skills of students.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Research Assistant (Dr Sarmasoglu) and Professor and Head of the Department of Fundamentals of Nursing (Dr Dinç), Faculty of Nursing, and Professor and Head of the Department of Medical Education and Informatics (Dr Elçin), Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Senay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarmasoglu
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dinç
authors.forename: Melih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elçin
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000451:nursing; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous / Q000451:nursing; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D016544:Patient Simulation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*