This study was conducted to find out the effect of the use of podcasts in nursing education on nursing students' speaking skills, affective awareness towards instruction, and success in the course and to serve as a source for prospective studies on the topic.
Objectives This study was conducted to find out the effect of the use of podcasts in nursing education on nursing students' speaking skills, affective awareness towards instruction, and success in the course and to serve as a source for prospective studies on the topic. Design Randomized controlled trial. Settings A nursing faculty Participants Fourth-year nursing students who were studying at the faculty of nursing and were taking the "Academic Presentation Techniques" were randomly assigned to the experimental group (n=20) and the control group (n=20). Methods Every week during the semester, students in the experimental group could listen to podcast episodes any time they desired following the course. Both before the podcast intervention and at the end of the semester, the Effective Speech Scale and the Scale of Affective Awareness Towards Instruction were administered to experimental and control groups. Final examination grades were evaluated as the indicator of success in the course.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
Students in the experimental group listened to podcast episodes any time they desired following the course every week during the semester from February 2021 to June 2021.
University of Health Sciences
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
Speech Skills
The student's speech skills were measured by Effective Speech Scale
Time frame: Four months
Affective Awareness Towards Instruction
The student's affective awareness towards instruction were measured by affective awareness towards instruction understanding Affective Awareness Towards Instruction Scale.
Time frame: Four months
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