The value of a redesigned clinical course during COVID-19 pandemic: an explorative convergent mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020 had a significant consequence for nursing students worldwide including limited access to learning situations in clinical rotation. Therefore, this study aims to explore how an innovative redesign of a clinical course in a time of pandemic supported nursing students in learning the fundamentals of care in their first year. The redesign involved the transformation of a traditional hands-on clinical course into a technology-enhanced learning environment.

Design

This was an explorative convergent mixed-methods study using both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Methods

Twenty-four first-year nursing students responded to an online questionnaire with open-ended questions. Two nursing students and one faculty member particip

SUBMITTER: Egilsdottir HO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9034970 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature