Evaluation of the Effect of Team-Based Learning on Students’ Opinions and Learning in Distance Ethics Education in Nursing

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Fethiye Yelkin Alp, PhD, RN, Lecturer http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2656-2963 Ezgi Karadağ, PhD, RN, Professor

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the teamwork-based learning method on ethics education in nursing. The population of the descriptive cross-sectional type of research consisted of the students of a Nursing Faculty who were taking an Ethics in Nursing class in the Spring semester of the academic year 2020-2021, and the sample consisted of the students taking this class who were willing to participate in the research. A Student Descriptive Characteristics Form and a Teamwork-Based Learning Method View Form were used to collect data, together with an Ethical problem Identification Form, which the students submitted after the teamwork. In this research, ethics cases suitable for the students were prepared according to the number of teams, the students were divided into teams and instructions given, and they worked on the cases. The reports submitted by the interactive teams, which were considered as purposive sampling, a qualitative examination method, were collected as data. The final test was applied with the teamwork view form. Numerical and percentage distributions, means and t-test analyses were used in the evaluation of quantitative data. The mean age of the participants was 19.60±1.12 years, and 58% were female. Students were enabled to report based on evidence and the literature ethical problems which they had taken as a team on the online education platform of the Ethics in Nursing class as a result of investigations. The ethical problems and solutions in the reports submitted by the teams were categorized under themes of ethics principles. According to the results of the teamwork view form at the end of the research, the items most agreed on by the students were “Working together with team members helps to develop the skill of problem solving”, 85.2%, and “Working as a team has enabled me to feel greater respect for the ideas of others”, 87.5%. With the team-based learning technique, students' ethical problem-solving skills regarding the cases analyzed by the teams under the supervision of a guide were developed, and the analyses contributed to the literature by examining themes of ethical principles and ethical values.

Keywords: Teamwork-based learning, ethics education, student nurse

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ALP, Fethiye Yelkin; KARADAĞ, Ezgi. Evaluation of the Effect of Team-Based Learning on Students’ Opinions and Learning in Distance Ethics Education in Nursing. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 13, n. 1, jan. 2025. ISSN 2375-1924. Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/6244>. Date accessed: 10 feb. 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v13i1.6244.
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