J Korean Community Nurs.  2003 Dec;14(4):579-586.

Evaluation research on the application of Problem-Based Learning program in community health nursing

• Lee CY
• Cho WJ
• Storey MJ
• Kim E
• Lee KH
• Bae SH
• Kim GS
• Seo KM
• Ham OK

Abstract

The goal of community health nursing courses is to prepare student nurses so that they become able to perform a variety of nursing roles in community. To achieve this goal, programs for community health nursing must develop students' abilities to function independently as community health nurses. This study evaluated the effectiveness of Problem-based Learning(PBL) as a teaching method in programs for community health nursing at four-year colleges of nursing. The subjects of this study were senior students at Y University. The study was designed as a descriptive & comparative survey. To determine the effectiveness of PBL, the author analyzed the process and results of teaching. The PBL teaching method was found to be significantly effective in building critical thinking abilities and increasing knowledge. The results also showed that the 43 students who were taught by both PBL and lecture teaching methods got a significantly higher knowledge score than the other 28 students who were taught only by lectures. As for the future direction of community health nursing courses, a teaching strategy involving both PBL and lectures is recommended.

MeSH Terms

Community Health Nursing*
Evaluation Studies as Topic*
Humans
Lectures
Nurses, Community Health
Nursing
Problem-Based Learning*
Teaching
Thinking