Perception and Opinion of Problem Based Learning (PBL) among Student Nurses

There are many teaching methodology in nursing curriculum where Problem Based Learning is one among them. PBL is a widely used teaching and learning methods mainly in medical/health care education and effectively improves the professional and personal skills. It is imperative to obtain the students feedback on PBL for the effective implementation and efficient utilization.

To determine the perception and opinion of student nurses towards the Problem Based Learning (PBL) experience.

A non experimental study, descriptive design with cross sectional survey approach was carried out among 79 purposefully selected third year diploma student nurses of Dr. VKPF College of Nursing. Expert validated, pre tested structured questionnaire (rating questions) was used to gather information from study participants. The collected data was coded, tabulated and analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics wherever is required.

The findings revealed that majority of student nurses perceived that PBL was a useful teaching and learning method, and they actively participate in learning process through the PBL sessions. Study highlights the role of PBL in promoting the qualities like critical thinking and reasoning abilities, and communication skills etc.

It was noticed that there was a positive response from student nurses on PBL. The results of the study suggest that a student nurses has better understanding and opinion of PBL. Hence, the combination of traditional method (lecture) with PBL could be effective way of teaching nursing sciences.