The effect of micro-teaching method on psychomotor skills, attitude, self-efficacy and clinical stress level of nursing students

The Effect Of Micro-Teaching Method On Psychomotor Skills, Attitude, Self-Efficacy And Clinical Stress Level Of Nursing Students Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the micro-teaching method on nursing students' psychomotor drug administration skills, attitudes towards clinical practice, self-efficacy and clinical stress levels. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted as a pretest-posttest randomised controlled experimental research model. The study was conducted between September 2023 and January 2025 at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Afşin School of Health, Department of Nursing. The population of the study consisted of all first year students of the Nursing Department. The sample consisted of 64 students (experimental group = 32, control group = 32) determined by power analysis. The Skill Assessment Checklists for Drug Administration, the Attitude Scale for Clinical Practice in Nursing Students, the Academic Self-Efficacy Scale and the Clinical Stressor Perceptions Scale were used to collect data. During the first 3 weeks of the study, the topics related to drug administration were explained to the experimental and control groups 2 days a week for 6 hours each, and the applications were demonstrated using the demonstration method. From the 4th week of the study, the experimental group was taught using the micro-teaching method for 8 weeks. Results: It was found that the micro-teaching method was effective on psychomotor skills, attitude towards clinical practice, self-efficacy and clinical stress level of nursing students and the result was statistically significant (p<0.05). It was found that the increase in psychomotor skills, positive attitude towards clinical practice, academic self-efficacy scores of students in the experimental group was higher than the control group and their perception of clinical stress was lower than the control group. Conclusion: As a result, it was found that micro-teaching method positively affected the development of nursing students and reduced their stress. According to this result, micro-teaching method is recommended to be used as a teaching method in nursing students. Keywords: Nursing students, Microteaching, Clinical stress, Psychomotor skills, Self-efficacy