Application of the peer-assisted learning combined with peer feedback in the teaching of operating room nursing / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effects of peer-assisted learning (PAL) combined with peer feedback in the teaching of operating room nursing. Methods 80 undergraduate nursing students in grade 2012 were assigned to the experimental group (n=40) and control group (n=40) by random number table method. The content of this training is operating room nursing skills. Nursing students in the experimental group received peer-assisted learning combined with peer feedback teaching,while nursing students in the control group received conventional teaching. Results The students′examination scores of the experimental group was (92.25 ± 3.43) obviously higher than that of the control group (89.20 ± 3.55) U=609.500, (P < 0.05), the students' evaluation of the new teaching method was higher than that of the control group (t=-2.76--2.27, P<0.05 or 0.01). Conclusions Peer-assisted learning combined with peer feedback can improve the operational capability of the students in operating room, is helpful to stimulate students′subjective initiative and improve the teaching quality of nursing.