Objective To study the effect of PBL teaching method which was applied in the clinical practice of diabetes nursing, and to analyze its advantages and shortages.
Methods Seventy-seven undergraduates in major of nursing were randomly grouped into two: one as an experimental group was taught with PBL teaching method, while the other as a control group was taught with traditional teaching method. The questionnaire and final examination were adopted to analyze the teaching effect.
Results The effect of PBL teaching method was better in the experimental group for stimulating learning motivation, helping students to closely combine the theory and practice, and promoting communication ability. However, there was no statistical difference in final examination between the two groups (P gt;0.05).
Conclusion PBL teaching method is much better than traditional teaching method in clinical nursing practice of internal medicine, for it can guide students to get the approaches for solving problems and cultivate their integrated diathesis and other abilities.
Citation： XIONG Zhenzhen,YUAN Li,WU Renhua,YE Ziwei. Effect of PBL Teaching Method in Clinical Practice of Diabetes Nursing. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2010, 10(11): 1356-1358. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20100596 Copy