Development, implementation, and effects of an integrated web-based teaching model in a nursing ethics course

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Medical Ethics
• E-learning Systems

Background:

• Ethical competence is crucial for nursing practice, involving the ability to identify and analyze ethical challenges.
• Developing ethical reasoning skills is a key component of nursing education.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop and implement an interactive situational e-learning system for nursing ethics.
• To evaluate the impact of this e-learning system on student nurses' ethical decision-making competence.

Main Methods:

• A two-phase project involving system development and quasi-experimental implementation.
• An 18-week nursing ethics course integrating the e-learning system was delivered.
• 100 second-year nursing students were divided into experimental and control groups.

Main Results:

• Students using the e-learning system showed significant improvements in ethical decision-making skills.
• The experimental group demonstrated superiority in recognizing ethical differences compared to the control group.
• Participants reported the e-learning system encouraged information gathering for ethical dilemma resolution.

Conclusions:

• The developed interactive situational e-learning system effectively enhanced students' ethical reasoning competence.
• The e-learning system and materials show potential for application in nursing and professional ethics education.