A Survey on the Application of Educational Lighting Board as an Educational Aid Tool of Occupational Health Students

Background & Objective: Lighting lessons is necessary for the occupational health students. Educational aids are essential in promotion of learning. This study aims to evaluate students’ learning in practical part of lighting lesson by using educational resources of lighting boards. Materials and Methods: In a quasi-experimental study that was carried out on occupational health students of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences. The samples were divided into case and control groups. Each group consists of 40 participants. The control group was trained in the traditional method and the case group was trained using the educational board. In addition to studentschr('39') feedback, studentschr('39') scores were also judged to assess learning. The scores in both groups were analyzed by SPSS 19 software. Results: 25% (n = 20) of students were male and 75% (n = 60) were female. With the use of educational boards, learning speed, retention of skills, ease of understanding and motivation increased by 85%, 90%, 90% and 95%, respectively. The mean score was 17.75 ± 1.75 in case group and 15.5 ± 2.15 in control group. The mean difference in acquired scores was significant between the case and control groups. Conclusion: The occupational health studentschr('39') learning improved with the use of educational boards. According to the results of the studentschr('39') comments, this tool can be used as a useful educational tool in presenting this lesson.