Application of Case Teaching in Clinical Nursing Teaching and Medical Ethics Education in Cardiology Department / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the effect of case teaching in clinical nursing teaching and medical ethics ed-ucation in the department of cardiology. Methods: A sample of 75 nurse interns came to practice in November 2014 to April 2015 were allocated to the control group, while 96 nurse interns came in July 2015 to December 2015 were allocated to the experimental group. The interns in control group were taught according to the traditional teach-ing method, and the case teaching method was used in the experimental group. The scores of critical thinking abili-ty and the times of praise were compared between the two groups. Results:Both critical thinking ability and praise of the interns in the experimental group were better than those in the control group ( P<0 . 01 ) . Conclusion:In-troducing the case teaching method to clinical nursing teaching and moral education can improve nurse interns′clin-ical critical thinking ability and stimulate the enthusiasm for learning. Meanwhile, it is beneficial to cultivate nurse interns′medical humanistic spirit and improve the medical humanistic quality.