Introduction: Using innovative teaching methods in response to rapid changes in the needs of communities is fundamental necessity. Virtual education and its diversity compared to traditional methods raise the question of which one will be more effective in achieving educational goals. The aim of this study is to compare the effect of video-based and traditional teaching methods on nursing students' knowledge of gastrointestinal endoscopy care.
Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted on 80 third-year nursing students at Iran University of Medical Sciences who were randomly divided into two groups of traditional and virtual (video-based) training in the practical unit of gastrointestinal endoscopy at Firouzgar Hospital. To evaluate participants` knowledge a specialized 25-question test was administered before and after traditional and video-based training for both groups. Data were analyzed using Descriptive statistics including independent T-test and paired T -test through SPSS.
Results: A total of 80 nursing students participated in the study. The mean age of individuals in the traditional training group was 23.80±3.23 years and in the virtual training group was 21.80±0.21 years. There was no significant difference in the mean pre-training knowledge score between the video-based and traditional groups. Although after intervention, increase in knowledge of video-based group were observed.
Conclusion: This study showed that implementing video-based teaching methods leads to a greater increase in nursing knowledge compared to traditional methods in nursing students. Therefore, developing educational programs using such methods can play a useful role in improving nursing students' knowledge and training nurses with sufficient practical awareness and can replace traditional methods..