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<bold>Introduction.</bold> Nursing, midwifery ethics education has been changing over the years. The necessity to reduce the knowledge-practice gap has been highlighted, consequently, modern training methods - based on experience - have been introduced.
<bold>Aim.</bold> To present the importance of empirical teaching methods in the formation of ethical competence of nursing and midwifery students and and the objectives of the project implemented under the ERASMUS + program, KA220-HED entitled “Strengthening the ethical competence of future nurses and midwives: An inter-professional action-learning project on experiential training methods (ETHCOM)”.
<bold>Material and methods.</bold> A non-systematic literature review was performed using databases (PubMed, CINAHL Complete). The analysis included 38 articles published between 2010 and 2023 in Polish and English.
<bold>Results.</bold> In traditional methods of ethical education, the teacher plays the main role, while in those based on experience – the student. Among the experiential methods of learning ethics by nursing and midwifery students that are eff ective in acquiring and development of ethical competence can be distinguished, e.g. learning through games, storytelling, simulation etc. The selection of an educational method in the process of training ethical competence among nursing and midwifery students is important so that future students are able to face contemporary ethical problems.
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Introduction. Nursing, midwifery ethics education has been changing over the years. The necessity to reduce the knowledge-practice gap has been highlighted, consequently, modern training methods - based on experience - have been introduced.
Aim. To present the importance of empirical teaching methods in the formation of ethical competence of nursing and midwifery students and and the objectives of the project implemented under the ERASMUS + program, KA220-HED entitled “Strengthening the ethical competence of future nurses and midwives: An inter-professional action-learning project on experiential training methods (ETHCOM)”.
Material and methods. A non-systematic literature review was performed using databases (PubMed, CINAHL Complete). The analysis included 38 articles published between 2010 and 2023 in Polish and English.
Results. In traditional methods of ethical education, the teacher plays the main role, while in those based on experience – the student. Among the experiential methods of learning ethics by nursing and midwifery students that are eff ective in acquiring and development of ethical competence can be distinguished, e.g. learning through games, storytelling, simulation etc. The selection of an educational method in the process of training ethical competence among nursing and midwifery students is important so that future students are able to face contemporary ethical problems.

Experiential methods in ethical education of nursing and midwifery students

Department of Holistic Care and Nursing Management, Faculty of Health Sciences

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Introduction. Nursing, midwifery ethics education has been changing over the years. The necessity to reduce the knowledge-practice gap has been highlighted,...

Experiential methods in ethical education of nursing and midwifery students

Publié en ligne: 08 oct. 2023

Pages: 195 - 207

Reçu: 28 avr. 2023

Accepté: 02 juin 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2023-0024

Mots clés
education, ethics, nursing students, experiential learning methods

© 2023 Bogumiła Kosicka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Experiential methods in ethical education of nursing and midwifery students

Publié en ligne: 08 oct. 2023

Pages: 195 - 207

Reçu: 28 avr. 2023

Accepté: 02 juin 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2023-0024

Mots cléseducation, ethics, nursing students, experiential learning methods

© 2023 Bogumiła Kosicka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
education, ethics, nursing students, experiential learning methods