Students Views about GDM Education with EPMP (Electronic Patient Management Problem) Method

Abstract

Introduction: GDM (Gestational diabetes mellitus) education is an important topic in medical science courses. How clinical decision making and management of maternal diabetes in pregnancy, is a term in which in gestational diabetes is concerned. EPMP simulation method is one of the Web based methods and is used to reinforcement student clinical reasoning and evaluation decision making ability in different situation. EPMP has developed a large evolution in usage of simulation method in medical science education with advantages such as complicated branches in problem solving, immediate response to student performance and reassessment of prior selections.Purpose: To determine students views about GDM education with EPMP educational softwareMaterial and method: This study is a cross sectional method. Research samples were community sample included 44 midwifery students in fourth and sixth semesters. Then, pretest and GDM education accomplished with EPMP, an educational software, that designed by researchers .Next, data was gathered regarding to student views with prepared researcher questionnaire consist of 10 questions .Afterwards the data was evaluated with SPSS ver. 19.0.Findings: Study results indicate 91% announce that this method is new method and 84.5% had believed this method is appropriate for reinforcements make a decision power.Conclusion: EPMP method is very appropriate to teach lessons that need to clinical reasoning. This method cause student participates in active learning process and they are away from passive learning process. So it suggests be used to reinforcement student clinical reasoning ability in some of specific lessons.