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A comparison of inquiry-oriented teaching and lecture-based approach in nursing ethics education
Fengying Zhang1, Li Zhao2, Yanli Zeng3
1West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, 37#, Guoxuexiang, Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041, China; Department of Gerontological Home Care and Long-Term Care Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Background:
With developing nursing ethics education, the traditional methods of teaching could not meet the learning needs of undergraduates. Improving ethical decision-making to undergraduates is necessary toward promoting nursing ethics.
Objective:
The aim of study is to compare the effect of inquiry-oriented teaching and lecture-based approach on nursing ethics education for undergraduates.
Design:
A quasi-experimental study was conducted for undergraduate nursing students.
Settings:
Two nursing schools participated in the study in mainland China.
Participants:
A total of 97 undergraduate nursing students participated in the study.
Methods:
The study adopted a quasi-experimental design.
Results:
The inquiry-oriented teaching group was significantly higher on average scoring than the lecture-based group after intervention in 2 aspects including: professional relationship (P = 0.015) and ethical decision making (P = 0.021). Contrarily, this study also showed that in the lecture-based group the score of foundational theories of nursing ethics was higher than Inquiry-oriented group (P = 0.038). A statistically significant difference was not found between the two groups in 3 scenarios: ethics related to nursing practice, ethics related to nursing research and necessity of learning nursing ethics.
Conclusion:
Combination of inquiry-oriented teaching and lecture-based approach is suggested as part of design for curriculum of nursing ethics education.
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