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The effectiveness of an e-learning course on medication calculation in nursing students : a clustered quasi-experimental study

Aurélie Van Lancker, Katleen Baldewijns (UGent) , Rik Verhaeghe (UGent) , Hugo Robays (UGent) , Franky Buyle (UGent) , Roos Colman (UGent) and Ann Van Hecke (UGent)
(2016) JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING. 72(9). p.2054-2064
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Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of an e-learning course compared with a face-to-face lecture on medication calculation. Background: The current knowledge on medication calculation of nursing students and nurses is insufficient to provide safe care. Design: A stratified-clustered quasi-experimental study. Methods: A random selection of nursing schools were allocated to the e-learning course (intervention group) (seven schools; 189 students) or face-to-face lecture (control group) (six schools, 222 students). Students in both groups completed a validated medication calculation test (maximum score: 16) prior to the course (T0), immediately after the course (T1) and 3 months later (T2). A linear mixed model was used for data analysis. Results: Medication calculation skills improved significantly more by the face-to-face lecture than e-learning course. Students in both groups significantly improved in medication calculation skills immediately after the course (T1) and 3 months later. The results flattened at T2 with a significant decline in the intervention group between T1 and T2 and a non-significant decline in the control group. Based on a subgroup analysis, improvement in medication calculation skills at T2 could only be observed in vocational-level (sub degree) nursing students receiving a face-to-face course. Conclusions: Both medication calculation courses had a positive effect on medication calculation skills. Students receiving traditional face-to-face lecture improved significantly more than the students receiving the e-learning course.
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drug dosage calculations, education, e-learning, non-randomized controlled trial, nursing, DRUG CALCULATION SKILLS, ADVERSE EVENTS, REGISTERED NURSES, HEALTH-CARE, ERRORS, METAANALYSIS, EDUCATION, CONSEQUENCES, KNOWLEDGE, SETTINGS

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Van Lancker, Aurélie, et al. “The Effectiveness of an E-Learning Course on Medication Calculation in Nursing Students : A Clustered Quasi-Experimental Study.” JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, vol. 72, no. 9, 2016, pp. 2054–64, doi:10.1111/jan.12967.
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Van Lancker, A., Baldewijns, K., Verhaeghe, R., Robays, H., Buyle, F., Colman, R., & Van Hecke, A. (2016). The effectiveness of an e-learning course on medication calculation in nursing students : a clustered quasi-experimental study. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, 72(9), 2054–2064. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12967
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Van Lancker, Aurélie, Katleen Baldewijns, Rik Verhaeghe, Hugo Robays, Franky Buyle, Roos Colman, and Ann Van Hecke. 2016. “The Effectiveness of an E-Learning Course on Medication Calculation in Nursing Students : A Clustered Quasi-Experimental Study.” JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING 72 (9): 2054–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12967.
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Van Lancker, Aurélie, Katleen Baldewijns, Rik Verhaeghe, Hugo Robays, Franky Buyle, Roos Colman, and Ann Van Hecke. 2016. “The Effectiveness of an E-Learning Course on Medication Calculation in Nursing Students : A Clustered Quasi-Experimental Study.” JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING 72 (9): 2054–2064. doi:10.1111/jan.12967.
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Van Lancker A, Baldewijns K, Verhaeghe R, Robays H, Buyle F, Colman R, et al. The effectiveness of an e-learning course on medication calculation in nursing students : a clustered quasi-experimental study. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING. 2016;72(9):2054–64.
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A. Van Lancker et al., “The effectiveness of an e-learning course on medication calculation in nursing students : a clustered quasi-experimental study,” JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, vol. 72, no. 9, pp. 2054–2064, 2016.
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Background: The current knowledge on medication calculation of nursing students and nurses is insufficient to provide safe care. 
Design: A stratified-clustered quasi-experimental study. 
Methods: A random selection of nursing schools were allocated to the e-learning course (intervention group) (seven schools; 189 students) or face-to-face lecture (control group) (six schools, 222 students). Students in both groups completed a validated medication calculation test (maximum score: 16) prior to the course (T0), immediately after the course (T1) and 3 months later (T2). A linear mixed model was used for data analysis. 
Results: Medication calculation skills improved significantly more by the face-to-face lecture than e-learning course. Students in both groups significantly improved in medication calculation skills immediately after the course (T1) and 3 months later. The results flattened at T2 with a significant decline in the intervention group between T1 and T2 and a non-significant decline in the control group. Based on a subgroup analysis, improvement in medication calculation skills at T2 could only be observed in vocational-level (sub degree) nursing students receiving a face-to-face course. 
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