Evaluating the effectiveness of a new curriculum for transcultural nursing education: a mixed-method study

In recent years, limited studies have evaluated the development of cultural awareness, sensitivity, skills, communication and competence among nursing students using different models and curricula. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a new internationally developed curriculum for trans...

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Published in:BMC nursing 2024-11, Vol.23 (1), p.813-10, Article 813
Main Authors: Tosun, Betül, Yılmaz, Emel Bahadır, Dirgar, Ezgi, Şahin, Eda Başustaoğlu, Hatipoğlu, Kadiriye Pehlivan, Yava, Ayla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cultural competence
Cultural sensitivity
Curricula
Curriculum evaluation
Metaphor analysis
Nursing education
Nursing students
Study and teaching
Transcultural nursing
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Summary:In recent years, limited studies have evaluated the development of cultural awareness, sensitivity, skills, communication and competence among nursing students using different models and curricula. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a new internationally developed curriculum for transcultural nursing education. This mixed methods study was conducted on nursing students (n = 83) who attended a transcultural nursing course from 2021 to 2022 during the fall semester. A paired samples test was used to compare total scores, and the related-samples Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare subscale scores. The vast majority (94.0%) of the participants mentioned Islam as their religion. Turkish was the mother tongue of 91.6% of them, while 10.8% were able to speak English and 6.0% were able to speak Kurdish fluently. The mean score for the achievement of cultural competence subdimension posttest was significantly greater (p 
ISSN:1472-6955
1472-6955
DOI:10.1186/s12912-024-02450-6