An Experiential Learning: Action Learning Set in Nursing Education Setting

Action learning set has been used in many fields including in health care practice with approach of group member empowerment by sharing knowledge, skills and experience through questioning and challenging. The paper presents an experiential learning of action learning set in nursing education setting that is part of group assignment in Education Development subject. The steps taken from the checking in to evaluation phase were performed with the discussion of problems in nursing education from different countries. Within one semester activity, each member could learn every phase which has different purpose and reach its goal. From this activity, many skills were agreeably improved among group members such as organization skill, ability to listen effectively, critical thinking, collaboration skill, embracing disagreement and being empathy. Action learning set activity that was completed in this subject gave new approach in problem solving that it is highly likely to be beneficial for self development, organization and profession.