Investigating the differential efficacy of lecture and demonstration teaching methods in teaching medical-surgical nursing among nursing students

Abstract Medical-surgical nursing is one of the core courses in general nursing, through which nursing students acquire skills for clinical practice. Medical-surgical nurses work in diverse clinical areas and specialisations to deliver the highest quality care with a view to preserving life, improvi...

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Main Authors: Simeon Oluwole Ogunlowo, Bayo Lawal Ajibade
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02541-4
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description Abstract Medical-surgical nursing is one of the core courses in general nursing, through which nursing students acquire skills for clinical practice. Medical-surgical nurses work in diverse clinical areas and specialisations to deliver the highest quality care with a view to preserving life, improving health status, and maintaining client health throughout their lifetimes by using an appropriate skill that is better acquired from school through appropriate teaching methods. Hence the need to choose a suitable teaching method to educate the would-be nurses. This study examined the differential efficacy of lecture and demonstration methods for teaching medical-surgical nursing courses in BUTH Ogbomoso with a view to improving the academic performance of nursing students in medical-surgical nursing courses. An experimental research method was used; stratified random sampling was employed to select seventy participants; a pretest was conducted, followed by intervention, and then a post-test. Frequency distribution table, pie chart, bar charts, means, two-tail ANOVA, and t-test were used to analyse the result. Findings revealed that there was a significant difference in the mean score between the two studied groups with a P value of 0.000 < 0.05. It is therefore recommended that medical-surgical nursing educators should not only use the lecture method but employ the demonstration method in teaching medical-surgical nursing. There is a need to equip skill laboratories in the nursing institution for learning.
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spelling doaj-art-af9c4357db9f418c8b7c5f9af678a3012024-12-08T12:23:33ZengBMCBMC Nursing1472-69552024-12-0123111110.1186/s12912-024-02541-4Investigating the differential efficacy of lecture and demonstration teaching methods in teaching medical-surgical nursing among nursing studentsSimeon Oluwole Ogunlowo0Bayo Lawal Ajibade1Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ladoke Akintola UniversityDepartment of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ladoke Akintola UniversityAbstract Medical-surgical nursing is one of the core courses in general nursing, through which nursing students acquire skills for clinical practice. Medical-surgical nurses work in diverse clinical areas and specialisations to deliver the highest quality care with a view to preserving life, improving health status, and maintaining client health throughout their lifetimes by using an appropriate skill that is better acquired from school through appropriate teaching methods. Hence the need to choose a suitable teaching method to educate the would-be nurses. This study examined the differential efficacy of lecture and demonstration methods for teaching medical-surgical nursing courses in BUTH Ogbomoso with a view to improving the academic performance of nursing students in medical-surgical nursing courses. An experimental research method was used; stratified random sampling was employed to select seventy participants; a pretest was conducted, followed by intervention, and then a post-test. Frequency distribution table, pie chart, bar charts, means, two-tail ANOVA, and t-test were used to analyse the result. Findings revealed that there was a significant difference in the mean score between the two studied groups with a P value of 0.000 < 0.05. It is therefore recommended that medical-surgical nursing educators should not only use the lecture method but employ the demonstration method in teaching medical-surgical nursing. There is a need to equip skill laboratories in the nursing institution for learning.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02541-4Medical-surgical nursingSimulationLectureNursing education research
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Investigating the differential efficacy of lecture and demonstration teaching methods in teaching medical-surgical nursing among nursing students
BMC Nursing
Medical-surgical nursing
Simulation
Lecture
Nursing education research
title Investigating the differential efficacy of lecture and demonstration teaching methods in teaching medical-surgical nursing among nursing students
title_full Investigating the differential efficacy of lecture and demonstration teaching methods in teaching medical-surgical nursing among nursing students
title_fullStr Investigating the differential efficacy of lecture and demonstration teaching methods in teaching medical-surgical nursing among nursing students
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the differential efficacy of lecture and demonstration teaching methods in teaching medical-surgical nursing among nursing students
title_short Investigating the differential efficacy of lecture and demonstration teaching methods in teaching medical-surgical nursing among nursing students
title_sort investigating the differential efficacy of lecture and demonstration teaching methods in teaching medical surgical nursing among nursing students
topic Medical-surgical nursing
Simulation
Lecture
Nursing education research
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02541-4
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