عنوان المقالة:آراء طلاب التمريض حول التدريس القائم على الحالة مقابل الطريقة التقليدية القائمة على المحاضرة The Opinions of Nursing Students about Case-based Teaching Versus Traditional Lecture-based Method
Background:Case-based Teachings is an active learning strategy in which students read and discuss
complex real-life situations that call on their analytical thinking skills and decision-making. Aim of
thestudy: To assess the opinions of nursing studentsabout case-based teaching versus traditional
lecture-based method.Subjects and Methods: Research design:A descriptive studywas utilized in this
study.Setting:Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University.Subjects: Include a representative sample (183) from
the total number of students.Tool of data collection:StudentsOpinions Questionnaire. Results:The most
important characteristic of the case-based teaching methods was increased reading of comprehension
and collaboration skills during the teaching process. In addition,the majority of the students agreed that
case-based teaching method decreased monotonous situation of the classroom, increased knowledge
retention and self-esteem compared with lecture. Of these, 71.8% they were highly satisfied with this new
method. However, no differences were observed between the students satisfaction based on gender
(p>0.05). On the other hand, it was found a significant difference in all mean scores of age ˃21 years
except in the following dimensions: motivation to study, reflective and critical thinking and imagination
skills. Conclusion: Case-based teaching method has high efficacy and more accepted by the students
than lecture in understanding the topic. Recommendations: this is simply an applicable method and
reduced of monotonous situation of the classrooms. Therefore, nursing educators must use this method
to promote active learning among the students.