The effect of woman health nursing problem-based learning on self-efficacy, self-directed learning and problem-solving ability

Abstract

This study examined the effect of woman health nursing problem-based learning program for nursing students on self-efficacy, self-directed learning and problem-solving ability. It is a quasi-experimental study for pre/post-test design of a nonequivalent control group. An experimental group and a control group had 43 participants each for this study (n = 86). This test operated the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) program for the experimental group and gave a lecture instruction class to the control group. The two groups were surveyed to check the effect of the program on self-efficacy, self-directed learning and problem-solving ability at the same time by the pre/post-test. Thus, it was found out that the problem-solving ability was p = .001 and the self-efficacy was p = .005, which meant that the PBL program had significantly influenced. Therefore, it is implied that the PBL program can be helpful to problem-solving ability and self-efficacy of woman health nursing learning.