The Use of Microlearning in Nursing Education

Effect of mıcro learnıng Based Wound healıng Course on clınıcal reasonıng skılls of nursıng Students

The goal of this randomized controlled study is to evaluation the effect of mobile application-based wound healing course on clinical reasoning skills in nursing student. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does microlearning-based courses have an effect on clinical reasoning skills of nursing students compared to traditional courses?
• Does microlearning-based courses have an effect on the retention of knowledge in nursing students compared to traditional courses? Participants will consist of students enrolled in the Surgical Diseases Nursing course in the fall and springs semester of the 2022-2023 academic year in the Department of Nursing at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Karadeniz Technical University.

If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare experimental group to see if control group.

Study Overview

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Conditions: Nursing Education; Wound Healing; Educational Problems
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Education

Detailed Description

Today, there is a need to integrate rapidly developing technology into educational environments and to structure educational environments. Micro-learning modules have been used in e-learning platforms recently, with short content and user focus. This randomized controlled study was planned to evaluation the effect of mobile application-based wound healing course on clinical reasoning skills of nursing students. The population of the study will consist of students enrolled in the Surgical Diseases Nursing course in the fall and springs semester of the 2022-2023 academic year in the Department of Nursing at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Karadeniz Technical University. The students enrolled in the Surgical Diseases Nursing course in the fall semester will form the control group, while the students enrolled in the spring semester will form the experimental group. Students in the control group will take the wound healing process course with the presentation of the trainer, and the students in the experimental group will take micro-learning courses. Data will be collected with the "Student Information Form", "Wound Healing Process Information Form" and "Micro-Learning Based Mobile Application Evaluation Form". In addition, students will be evaluated on the simulator of clinical decision-making processes. The micro-learning course will remain open to students in the experimental group for 31 day. In order to measure the permanence of the knowledge, the "Wound Healing Process Information Form" will be filled in again after 31 days to the students in the control and experimental groups in line with the literature. In addition, students will be evaluated on the simulator of clinical decision-making processes. The results obtained after the application will be analyzed and the effect of the micro-learning course on the decision-making processes of the students will be determined.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 82

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Trabzon
    • Ortahisar, Trabzon, Turkey
      • Yasemin GÜNER

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

The population of the study will consist of students enrolled in the Surgical Diseases Nursing course in the fall and springs semester of the 2022-2023 academic year in the Department of Nursing at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Karadeniz Technical University.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Enrolling in the Surgical Diseases Nursing course for the first time, Being willing to participate in the study, Having Android or IOS system on the mobile phone.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having preliminary training and experience in wound care and non-healing (health vocational high school graduation, etc.),

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Control grup 1; Among the students enrolled in the surgical diseases nursing course in the fall semester, 42 students will be selected using the "research randomizer" program. Then, students will be asked to fill in the "Wound Healing Process and Care Information Form" and the "Student Information Form". Then, the wound healing process course will be given as a trainer presentation.	Other: Education; Education
Experimental 1; The population of the study will consist of students enrolled in the Surgical Diseases Nursing course in the fall and springs semester of the 2022-2023 academic year in the Department of Nursing at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Karadeniz Technical University. The students enrolled in the Surgical Diseases Nursing course in the fall semester will form the control group, while the students enrolled in the spring semester will form the experimental group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Control group 1	Survey 1	2022
Experimental group 1	Survey 1	2023

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Control group 2	Survey 2	2022
Experimental group 2	Survey 2	2023

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Karadeniz Technical University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Yasemin GÜNER, yaseminguner@ktu.edu.tr

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 6, 2022
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 10, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 10, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 20, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 4, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): July 12, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 12, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 4, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Wound Healing; Active Learning; Nursing Education
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: 123456 (Innovate UK)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No