Open AccessVirtual Simulation Learning from Indonesian Nursing Students’ Perspectives
Author(s) -
Marisa Junianti Manik,
Eva Chris Veronica Gultom,
Renova Sibuea,
Heman Pailak
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2022.8239
Subject(s) - medicine , indonesian , instructional simulation , the internet , nursing , nurse education , virtual learning environment , point (geometry) , data collection , medical education , set (abstract data type) , educational technology , multimedia , mathematics education , psychology , computer science , world wide web , philosophy , linguistics , geometry , mathematics , statistics , programming language
BACKGROUND: Nursing education is shifting from face-to-face to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual simulation can be used to support online learning for nursing skills.AIM: This study aimed to describe Indonesian nursing students’ perspectives regarding the use of vSim for NursingTM.METHODS: This study used a mixed-methods approach by administering a set of electronic surveys to 50 3rd-year nursing students of the private institution in Tangerang, Indonesia, who participated in a vSim for NursingTM trial program in October 2020. The quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS Statistics version 27, and the qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis.RESULTS: The results showed that 14% of respondents strongly agree, and 54% agree that virtual simulations are easy to use. As many as 54% of respondents agreed, and 32% strongly agreed that the virtual simulation content was relevant to a nurse’s role, with most respondents (92%) supporting future use. Four categories emerged from the qualitative data, including (1) Learning to think critically, (2) A realistic and safe learning environment, (3) Effectively improving learning, and (4) English language, internet networks, and unfamiliarity as barriers.CONCLUSION: The findings support virtual simulation as a pedagogical approach, a clinical training method, and a learning supplement. This study is a starting point to develop a virtual simulation for nursing education in Indonesia.