2004 Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 13-24
This paper is an evaluation of the results attained by nursing students having completed the CAI self-study teaching materials programme. The subjects were 49 first-year junior college women students, of whom 22 wera classified into experimental group and 27 into control group respectively.
The results were as follows :
(1)After having completed the programme, the students showed an improvement in their total scores for the VCSI (Verbal Communication Skills Inventory), and the scores in the VCSI second factor (Evaluating Your Partner's Speech), as well as in the fourth factor (Confirming Your Partner's Speech, Behaviour and Emotions).
(2)After having completed the programme, analysis of the students' responses to patients' questions in five situations revealed that the number of utterances showed some decrease in the second factor and some increase in the fourth factor.
(3)The correct responses reached over 80% even at the time of the first trial, and there was also a difference in the ratio of correct responses according to the questions.
These results may not only prove the usefulness of this programme, but also suggest the areas requiring further improvement and development in the future.
Notes: VCSI was designed as an evaluation scale for the verbal communication skills of professional nurses by one of the authors. In this questionnaire are contained 33 items each consist of one sentense.
