Research about innovative teaching mode of communicated ability for undergraduate nursing students based on standardized patient

Abstract

Objective To explore innovative teaching mode of cultivating the communicated ability of undergraduate nursing students based on standardized patients and then evaluate its effect. Methods To select 2 classes of sophomore randomly, four-year nursing undergraduate enrolling in 2012, was divided into the experimental group and the control group. Experimental group used standardized patients as carrier of skills and control group took dummy patient as carrier of skills lasting for one academic year. Assessed by others and self-assessment was used to evaluate the communicated ability of nursing students at end of the course respectively. Results There was statistical significance between two groups in the score of communicated ability, 94.39±8.18 vs 87.04±6.56,t=4.61,P < 0.01. Teachers for clinical communication ability of nursing students and standardized patients for skills and clinical communication ability of nursing students were more satisfied with experimental group, the satisfactory rate in the experimental group was 63%(26/41), 37%(15/41) and 56%(23/41) respectively, which were higher than those in the control group [24%(11/45), 22%(10/45) and 22%(10/45)],P< 0.01. Conclusion It is helpful for increasing communicated ability of nursing students taking standardized patients as practice objects which could be as a reference for building teaching system of nursing students in communication. Key words: Students nursing; Standardized patients; Ability of communication; Nursing skill