تاثیر نرم افزار آموزشی طراحی شده در زمینه اصول و فنون عملی پرستاری و مامایی بر یادگیری مهارت های عملی دانشجویان پرستاری و مامایی

Background: Educational software as a learning-centered approach, Provides a rich source that could be an opportunity to enhance learning and increase learning skills and it creates a collaborative environment that allows learners and teachers to search, and to study a variety of issues. Objective : This study is to evaluate the impact of educational software designed about fundamental of nursing skills on nursing and midwifery students' learning of practical skills. Methods: This research is a semi-empirical study. In this study, 381 nursing and midwifery students(193 nursing students and 188 midwifery students) of the first semester were recruited through simple random sampling, they were allocated into intervention and control groups. First, both groups were trained in the traditional way and their practical skills were examined by means of appropriate check lists. Next, the educational software was given to students' assigned to intervention groups. In this period, students of control group had time to review and practice their skills as routine. Practical skills of both groups were re- evaluated by using SPSS 16 software with t test, paired t-test. Findings: The results showed that the mean and standard deviation of test scores (exam1) in both intervention and control groups, was not observed a significant difference(p>0/05). Whereas in exam 2 in the intervention group compared with the control group, significant difference was observed in the mean and standard deviation of students' scores(p< 0/05). Conclusion: Test results showed that the use of educational software can be used as an effective teaching strategy, in addition to promoting improved cognitive psychomotor performance in students.