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Acceptance of virtual patients as a continuous professional development approach among practicing nurses in primary health care settings in a low-income country: a quasi-experimental posttest setup design.
- Source :
- BMC Nursing; 5/16/2024, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Virtual patients are an educational technological approach used in healthcare education. Its distinctive features have rendered virtual patient technology appealing for the training of medical and healthcare students, particularly in the enhancement of clinical reasoning. Virtual patients are less often applied for continuous professional development for practicing healthcare providers, and there is a scarcity of studies exploring this possibility. This study aimed to assess the acceptability of nurses for using virtual patients as a continuous professional development approach. Method: The study used a quasi-experimental posttest setup design. The study was conducted in ten primary healthcare settings in Rwanda. Among 76 nurses who consented to participate in the study, 56 completed the intervention and responded to the study questionnaire. Following a one-week program of continuous professional development on four non-communicable diseases, the study used a self-administered questionnaire based on the Technology Acceptance Model 3 to collect data. Descriptive analysis served as the primary method for analyzing participants' responses. The study also used a correlation test to assess the relationship of variables. Results: Across all items in the questionnaire, the median response tended towards either agree or strongly agree, with only a minority number of participants expressing strong disagreement, disagreement, or neutrality. The results indicated a significant positive correlation between perceived usefulness and behavior intention (p < 0.001). Conclusion: The findings indicate an acceptability and behavioral intention of adopting virtual patients as an alternative continuous professional development approach among nurses working at health centers in Rwanda or other locations with similar contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MIDDLE-income countries
STATISTICAL correlation
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
COMPUTER simulation
RESEARCH funding
PRIMARY health care
QUESTIONNAIRES
CLINICAL trials
RESEARCH evaluation
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
BEHAVIOR
CONTINUING education of nurses
PRE-tests & post-tests
MEDICAL office nursing
PROFESSIONAL employee training
NURSES' attitudes
SIMULATED patients
RESEARCH methodology
RESEARCH
INTENTION
TELENURSING
DATA analysis software
LOW-income countries
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726955
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177623766
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02000-0