Evaluating the Effectiveness of Scenario-Based Training through Face-To-Face and Blended Methods on learning of Operating Room Students

one of the biggest challenges in the training of operating room students is to provide an effective teaching method in the course of familiarizing with the operating room equipment and using these tools in the clinical setting. Therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of comparing the effect of scenario-based training through face-to-face and blended methods on the learning rate of this lesson.

This is a quasi-experimental study that was conducted in the form of a pre-test and post-test on 40 operating room students of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences that were selected by census method in 2021-22. Then the scores obtained from the tests were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and analytical (paired and independent t-test through SPSS.

The results indicated that the mean score of the test after training with the face-to-face method was 13.47±3.03 and the mean score of the test after training with the blended method was 15.82±1.91. There was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of pre and post-test in the blended method group (P<0.05) and between the post-tests of both groups (p=0.009).

The findings indicated that the use of the blended method has increased the students' mean scores and learning level. Therefore, considering the effectiveness of this training method, it is suggested that other instructors also use this training method to increase the students' learning.