Effectiveness of ethics education as perceived by nursing students: Development and testing of a novel assessment instrument
Background:The effectiveness of ethics education continues to be disputed. No studies exist on how nursing students perceive the effectiveness of nursing ethics education in Flanders, Belgium.Objectives:To develop a valid and reliable instrument, named the ‘Students’ Perceived Effectiveness of Ethic...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2015
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Nursing ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 287-306 |
| Further subjects: | B
ethics education
B Nursing B Students B Pilot Study B psychometric testing |
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| Summary: | Background:The effectiveness of ethics education continues to be disputed. No studies exist on how nursing students perceive the effectiveness of nursing ethics education in Flanders, Belgium.Objectives:To develop a valid and reliable instrument, named the ‘Students’ Perceived Effectiveness of Ethics Education Scale’ (SPEEES), to measure students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of ethics education, and to conduct a pilot study in Flemish nursing students to investigate the perceived efficacy of nursing ethics education in Flanders.Research design:Content validity, comprehensibility and usability of the SPEEES were assessed. Reliability was assessed by means of a quantitative descriptive non-experimental pilot study.Participants and research context:86 third-year baccalaureate nursing students of two purposefully selected university colleges answered the SPEEES.Ethical considerations:Formal approval was given by the ethics committee. Informed consent was obtained and anonymity was ensured for both colleges and their participating students.Findings:The scale content validity index/Ave scores for the subscales were 1.00, 1.00 and 0.86. The comprehensibility and user-friendliness were favourable. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.94 for general effectiveness, 0.89 for teaching methods and 0.85 for ethical content. Students perceived ‘case study’, ‘lecture’ and ‘instructional dialogue’ to be effective teaching methods and ‘general ethical concepts’ to contain effective content. ‘Reflecting critically on their own values’ was mentioned as the only ethical competence that, was promoted by the ethics courses. The study revealed rather large differences between both schools in students’ perceptions of the contribution of ethics education to other ethical competences.Discussion and conclusion:The study revealed that according to the students, ethics courses failed to meet some basic objectives of ethics education. Although the SPEEES proved to be a valid and reliable measure, the pilot study suggests that there is still space for improvement and a need for larger scale research. Additional insights will enable educators to improve current nursing ethics education. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-0989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0969733014538888 |