The Impact of the World Café Teaching Method on Pharmacology Academic Performance and Self-Regulated Learning Among Nursing Students: A Two-Round Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 890
- 试验地点
- 1
研究概览
简要总结
The study hypothesis was that introducing the World Café teaching method into pharmacology education would significantly improve students' final examination scores, which included performance in accurate knowledge identification and discrimination, and in knowledge integration, reasoning and clinical decision-making, as well as students' subjective ratings of their pharmacology learning ability. This study evaluated the World Café method, a structured participatory teaching approach, in pharmacology education for nursing students, focusing on its impact on academic achievement and self-regulated learning.
详细描述
Background:
Pharmacology is a core component of nursing education. Traditional lecture-based teaching has limitations in fostering knowledge integration and clinical decision-making skills, often yielding suboptimal academic performance. The World Café method is a structured participatory teaching approach featuring rotating small-group discussions, cross-group exchange, plenary synthesis, and instructor feedback. This study investigated whether integrating the World Café method into pharmacology education could improve academic performance and self-regulated learning among nursing students.
Objective:
To evaluate the impact of the World Café teaching method, compared with traditional lecture-based instruction, on pharmacology final examination scores (including accurate knowledge identification and discrimination, and knowledge integration, reasoning, and clinical decision-making) and on self-regulated learning among third-year undergraduate nursing students.
Study Design:
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 23 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Third-year undergraduate nursing students at Kunming Medical University
- •Enrolled in the pharmacology course during the study semester (March-July 2023 or March-July 2024)
- •Willing to participate and provided informed consent
排除标准
- •Students who did not complete the pharmacology course or did not take the final examination
- •Students who did not provide informed consent
研究者
Ying Guo
Associate Professor
Kunming Medical University