Effects of an Electrocardiography Training Program: Team-Based Learning for Early-Stage Intensive Care Unit Nurses.

Abstract

Team-based learning (TBL) can be one way of improving professional and practical skills for nurses. This study explored the effectiveness of an electrocardiography training program using TBL for early-stage nurses in intensive care units. This study used a pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group. A total of 65 participants were enrolled in the study (36 in the experimental group and 29 in the control group). Participants in the experimental group were trained with TBL, and participants in the control group had lecture-based learning on electrocardiography education. There was no statistically significant difference between the team-based and lecture-based learning groups after the training in participants' knowledge of electrocardiography and reading ability of bedside (lead II rhythm) electrocardiography monitoring (p > .05). However, there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in the reading ability of the 12-lead electrocardiography (p < .001). TBL was more effective in improving nurses' reading ability of the 12-lead electrocardiography. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2020;51(4):174-180.].