مقايسه تاثير آموزش حضوري و غيرحضوري بر مهارت هاي باليني پرستاران

Comparison the effect of conventional and distance training on nurses clinical skills

Aims: Education entails the familiarity with professional duties that should perform practically. The major part of staffs learning includes acquiring information, skills and new ideas in the relevant job. This study was conducted to compare the nursesʹ clinical skills, after conventional and distance training.Methods: In a semi experimental survey, 60 nurses were selected from one of the hospitals in Tehran in 1386 using the goal-oriented method. After two methods of training, i.e., conventional (lecture) and distance (multimedia CD) methods for evaluation and comparison of nursesʹ clinical skills the Objective Structured Clinical Exam has been used. After the preparation and validation of evaluating check lists, Objective Structured Clinical Exam stations were designed and then the practical skills of two groups were compared. Data were analyzed using SPSS 15 software, descriptive statistics and independent T-test. Results: No significant difference was observed among the nursesʹ clinical skills mean scores in training with lecture and multimedia CD (p>0.05). Conclusion: Two methods of training, i.e., lecture and multimedia CD have the same effect in improvement of nursesʹ clinical skills and Objective Structured Clinical Exam is an effective method in nursesʹ clinical skills evaluation