Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism

Investigating the Effect of Online Gamification on Electrocardiogram Interpretation and Self-Directed Learning in Nursing Students

HAMID TAGHINEJAD; MOSAYEB MOZAFARI; AMIRREZA BAZHDAN; ALIREZA VASIEE

Volume 12, Issue 3 , July 2024, , Pages 199-207

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2024.101396.1925

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Introduction: Knowing and interpreting the Electrocardiogram correctly and taking care based on it is one of the most important ways to save the patient’s life. Therefore, this ... Read More Introduction: Knowing and interpreting the Electrocardiogram correctly and taking care based on it is one of the most important ways to save the patient’s life. Therefore, this study aimed toinvestigate the effect of online gamification on the ability to interpret Electrocardiograms and Self-Directed Learning in nursing students.Methods: The present study was carried out quasi-experimentally on 44 nursing students (22 participants for each group) in the fifth semester in Ilam city in 2023 using a convenience sampling method by four permutations balanced block randomization to control and intervention groups. During four sessions in four weeks, the participants in the intervention group receivedElectrocardiogram interpretation as training on the Storyline platform and playing games in the Socrative software. The control group received the same content in the form of education from the same lecturer. ECG Interpretation Learning Test, Self-Directed Learning, Mini-Mental Status Examination, and demographic questionnaires were filled out before the intervention (pre-test).Then, Electrocardiogram Interpretation Learning Test and Self-Directed Learning questionnaires were completed two weeks after the end of the intervention (post-test), and the data were analyzed in the standard error of 0.05 using Shapiro-Wilk, independent t-test, paired t-test, chi-square, and multiple linear regression tests in SPSS V.16.Results: The mean and standard deviation of the participants’age was 21.35±1.02, and 59% of the samples were male. Before the intervention, no significant difference was observed between the two groups, but after the intervention, the mean and standard deviation of the ECG interpretation scores in the intervention group increased significantly (14.1±2.94) compared to the control group (8.8±1.36) (P=0.007). Also, Self-Directed Learning in the intervention group (168±10.42) compared to the control group (125±4.3) showed a statistically significant difference (P=0.003).Conclusion: Using online gamification as a new educational method in nursing students improves the ability to interpret Electrocardiograms and Self-Directed Learning. It is suggested that this method should be used to teach lessons that are more useful and important at the hospital.

Self-directed Learning Theory to Practice: A Footstep towards the Path of being a Life-long Learner

KAILASH CHAROKAR; PUJA DULLOO

Volume 10, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 135-144

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2022.94833.1609

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The traditional education strategy is insufficient to meet the demands of dynamically changing medical science and the fastgrowing medical field. The present Competency-Based Medical ... Read More

Students’ perception and learning on case based teaching in anatomy and physiology: An e-learning approach

NEERAJ VEDI; PUJA DULLOO

Volume 9, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 8-17

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2020.87332.1304

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Introduction: Case based teaching (CBT) has been accepted as an effective interactive learning strategy. Digital portals allow the students to learn the content at their own ... Read More

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Investigating the Effect of Online Gamification on Electrocardiogram Interpretation and Self-Directed Learning in Nursing Students

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Self-directed Learning Theory to Practice: A Footstep towards the Path of being a Life-long Learner

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Students’ perception and learning on case based teaching in anatomy and physiology: An e-learning approach

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