Effects of Virtual Simulation Education on Clinical Competency, Knowledge, Self-efficacy and Critical Thinking Disposition of Nursing Students

February 28, 2023  |  Vol.9, No.2  |  PP. 237-246  | PDF

AUTHORS:

Young Sook Kwon, Department of Nursing, Joongbu University, Korea

KEYWORDS:

Virtual Simulation, Clinical Competency, Knowledge, Self-efficacy, Critical Thinking Disposition

Abstract

As clinical practice is impossible due to the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual simulation is emerging as a non-face-to-face education method. This study was conducted to verify effects of virtual simulation education on clinical competency, knowledge, self-efficacy and critical thinking disposition of nursing students. This research is a one-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. The subjects of this study were 55 fourth-year nursing students from a university located in C-do. They received virtual simulation education and participated in both pre and post surveys. The data collection period is from March 22 to May 7, 2021. The collected data were analyzed by paired t-test using the IBM SPSS Statistics 24.0 program. As results of the study, clinical competency (t=-4.116, p<.001), knowledge (t=-6.413, p<.001) and self-efficacy (t=-2.252, p=.028) of nursing students after virtual simulation education were significantly improved compared to before education. Critical thinking disposition (t=-1.978, p=.053) increased after education than before, but was not statistically significant. It was found that intellectual eagerness/curiosity and systematicity were significantly improved in the sub-domain. These results suggest that virtual simulation education can be used as an alternative to clinical practice. In the future, it is suggested to try diversification of practical education through blended learning with clinical practice or high-fidelity simulation education and conduct research to analyze the effect.

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Citations:

APA:
Kwon, Y. S. (2023). Effects of Virtual Simulation Education on Clinical Competency, Knowledge, Self-efficacy and Critical Thinking Disposition of Nursing Students. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), KCTRS, 9(2), 237-246. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2023.02.19

MLA:
Kwon, Young Sook, “Effects of Virtual Simulation Education on Clinical Competency, Knowledge, Self-efficacy and Critical Thinking Disposition of Nursing Students.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), KCTRS, vol. 9, no. 2, 2023, pp. 237-246. APJCRI, http://fucos.or.kr/journal/APJCRI/Articles/v9n2/19.html.

IEEE:
[1] Y. S. Kwon, “Effects of Virtual Simulation Education on Clinical Competency, Knowledge, Self-efficacy and Critical Thinking Disposition of Nursing Students.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), KCTRS, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 237-246, February 2023.

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