the effect of active learning model on cognitive and clinical skills among icu nursing students

the effect of active learning model on cognitive and clinical skills among icu nursing students     baghaei r [1] , mohammadpour y [2] *, naderi a [3] , rasouli d [4] , sheikhi n [5]     received: 4 sep, 2011 accepted: 15 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : the clinical education and evaluation of nursing education is a fundamental pillar. this study aimed to assess the achievement of nursing students in clinical skills.   materials & methods : this quasi-experimental study was done on 28 nursing students who were passing icu courses and they were selected by statistic sampling and then using simple randomization method to case and control group .pre and posttest for cognitive skills and clinical skills for both group, with questionnaire and clinical skills was conducted for the check list. at the end of the 28 students’ course, their clinical skills were evaluated through same check list by their educator.   result : the mean scores of all icu skills achieved by the experiment group whit competency based education were significantly higher than of the control group (p= 0.000<0.05).   conclusion: findings of this study showed that using competency based education whit logbook method in experiment group could be an effective due to identify educational and evaluation objectives and providing guidelines for directing students toward improving clinical skills learning and the high quality of education. it is recommended to apply this methods to education and assessment in clinical education nursing students.   key words: clinical education, active learning, assessment, clinical and cognitive skills.     address: urmia nursing and midwifery faculty, urmia university of medical sciences, urmia, iran tel: (+98) 441 2754961   email: [email protected]   [1] assistant professor, medical surgical department, school of nursing and midwifery, urmia university of medical sciences, urmia, iran  [2] instructor, medical surgical department, school of nursing and midwifery, urmia university of medical sciences, urmia, iran (corresponding author)  [3] ms student in special care nursing, faculty of nursing and midwifery university of urmia  [4] instructor, school of nursing and midwifery, urmia university of medical sciences, urmia, iran  [5] instructor, biostatistics department, urmia university of medical sciences, urmia, iran