title: The impact of using standardized patients in psychiatric cases on the levels of motivation and perceived learning of the nursing students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The use of standardized patients is not very common in psychiatric nursing education and there has been no study conducted in Turkey.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study evaluated the impact of using standardized patients in psychiatric cases on the levels of motivation and perceived learning of the nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  This manuscript addressed the quantitative aspect of a doctoral thesis study in which both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. A pre-test and post-test were employed in the quantitative analysis in a randomized and controlled study design.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The motivation scores, and interim and post-test scores for perceived learning were higher in the experimental group compared to pre-test scores and the scores of the control group. The students in the experimental group reported that they felt more competent about practical training in clinical psychiatry, as well as in performing interviews with patients having mental problems, and reported less anxiety about performing an interview when compared to students in the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is considered that the inclusion of standardized patient methodology in the nursing education curriculum in order to improve the knowledge level and skills of students would be beneficial in the training of mental health nurses.
authors.affiliation: Educational Coordination Unit, Health Sciences University Gulhane Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: gsarikoc@gata.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Gamze
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sarikoc
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Istanbul Yeniyuzyil University Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: ctozcan@gata.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Celale Tangul
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education and Informatics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: melcin@hacettepe.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Melih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elcin
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D009042:Motivation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Psychiatric nursing; Standardized patients; Undergraduate education