The effect of blended educational methods in communication skills in nursing with students’ interactions with patients: A quasi-experimental study

Background: Regarding the importance of effective communication in delivering satisfactory nursing care, the current study aims to assess the effect of blended educational methods (lecturing, workshop, role-playing, and group discussion) in nursing students’ communication skills course. Materials an...

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Main Authors: Seyed Hossein Kalati, Neda Ahmadzadeh Tori, Javaneh Kalati, Nastaran Norouzi Parashkouh, Hengameh Karimi
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-01-01
Series:Journal of Education and Health Promotion
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1479_23
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author Seyed Hossein Kalati
Neda Ahmadzadeh Tori
Javaneh Kalati
Nastaran Norouzi Parashkouh
Hengameh Karimi
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Neda Ahmadzadeh Tori
Javaneh Kalati
Nastaran Norouzi Parashkouh
Hengameh Karimi
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description Background: Regarding the importance of effective communication in delivering satisfactory nursing care, the current study aims to assess the effect of blended educational methods (lecturing, workshop, role-playing, and group discussion) in nursing students’ communication skills course. Materials and Methods: This educational evaluation study was conducted in two educational steps using the quasi-experimental method in Ramsar School of Nursing and Midwifery in 2015. In the first step, communication skills were taught in blended educational methods to all newly admitted nursing students of the fall semester (n = 33). In the second step, after 2 weeks, to evaluate the educational outcome, the communication skills of the students as an experimental group were compared with those of students in the fifth semester as a control group who did not receive any communication skills training (n = 25). Results: The results of the paired sample t-test showed a significant difference in the scores for the pre-test and post-test (P < .001). The results of an independent t-test do not indicate any significant difference between the two groups. Only in the listening skills domain, for the item “Avoiding interrupting the audience”, there was a significant difference between the control group and the experimental group (P = 0.04). Two-way multivariate analysis of variance based on Wilks Lambda effect shows that only gender has a significant effect in communication skills terms (F (7, 45) =2.590, P < .001, η2= 0.287). Conclusion: According to the results, participating in blended methods for communication skills courses can be as effective in improving communication skills as 2 years of experiential learning of communication skills.
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spelling doaj-art-1a7068a2f576498a8682df26e8d1fd622025-02-06T09:49:49ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Education and Health Promotion2277-95312319-64402025-01-011411110.4103/jehp.jehp_1479_23The effect of blended educational methods in communication skills in nursing with students’ interactions with patients: A quasi-experimental studySeyed Hossein KalatiNeda Ahmadzadeh ToriJavaneh KalatiNastaran Norouzi ParashkouhHengameh KarimiBackground: Regarding the importance of effective communication in delivering satisfactory nursing care, the current study aims to assess the effect of blended educational methods (lecturing, workshop, role-playing, and group discussion) in nursing students’ communication skills course. Materials and Methods: This educational evaluation study was conducted in two educational steps using the quasi-experimental method in Ramsar School of Nursing and Midwifery in 2015. In the first step, communication skills were taught in blended educational methods to all newly admitted nursing students of the fall semester (n = 33). In the second step, after 2 weeks, to evaluate the educational outcome, the communication skills of the students as an experimental group were compared with those of students in the fifth semester as a control group who did not receive any communication skills training (n = 25). Results: The results of the paired sample t-test showed a significant difference in the scores for the pre-test and post-test (P < .001). The results of an independent t-test do not indicate any significant difference between the two groups. Only in the listening skills domain, for the item “Avoiding interrupting the audience”, there was a significant difference between the control group and the experimental group (P = 0.04). Two-way multivariate analysis of variance based on Wilks Lambda effect shows that only gender has a significant effect in communication skills terms (F (7, 45) =2.590, P < .001, η2= 0.287). Conclusion: According to the results, participating in blended methods for communication skills courses can be as effective in improving communication skills as 2 years of experiential learning of communication skills.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1479_23communicationeducationnursing education
spellingShingle Seyed Hossein Kalati
Neda Ahmadzadeh Tori
Javaneh Kalati
Nastaran Norouzi Parashkouh
Hengameh Karimi
The effect of blended educational methods in communication skills in nursing with students’ interactions with patients: A quasi-experimental study
Journal of Education and Health Promotion
communication
education
nursing education
title The effect of blended educational methods in communication skills in nursing with students’ interactions with patients: A quasi-experimental study
title_full The effect of blended educational methods in communication skills in nursing with students’ interactions with patients: A quasi-experimental study
title_fullStr The effect of blended educational methods in communication skills in nursing with students’ interactions with patients: A quasi-experimental study
title_full_unstemmed The effect of blended educational methods in communication skills in nursing with students’ interactions with patients: A quasi-experimental study
title_short The effect of blended educational methods in communication skills in nursing with students’ interactions with patients: A quasi-experimental study
title_sort effect of blended educational methods in communication skills in nursing with students interactions with patients a quasi experimental study
topic communication
education
nursing education
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1479_23
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