The digital escape room developed for nursing students: GestDia
BMC Medical Education, cilt.25, sa.1, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.1186/s12909-025-07548-2
- Dergi Adı: BMC Medical Education
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Escape room, Gestational diabetes, Motivation, Nursing education, Self-confidence, Student satisfaction
- Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background: Digital escape rooms have been developed during the pandemic, which improves students’ cooperation, communication skills, and critical thinking skills, effects on learning in nursing education. Method: This study aimed to evaluate the GestDia escape room to assess students’ motivation and self-confidence in learning. A descriptive quantitative interventional study was carried out. The study population was nursing students in their third semester (n = 45). The students filled out the Instructional Materials Motivation Survey and Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale. Results: The mean scores obtained from motivation, satisfaction, and self-confidence scales were generally higher. Males scored higher on all scales than females, though these differences were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). Conclusion: In general, although games increase students’ motivation, satisfaction, and self-confidence, they can lead to gender differences. In the digital world, integrating escape rooms into nursing education can add joy to students’ learning process.