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. 2020 Sep 24;7(4):427–432. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2020.09.010

Table 3.

Nurses’ demands regarding experiential teaching methods (n = 341).

Items N (%)
Criteria for admitting trainees∗
 Possession of a nursing qualification certificate 279 (81.8)
 Education: Bachelor’s degree and above 185 (54.2)
 Technical title: Nurse practitioner and above 201 (58.9)
 Clinical working experience: more than 2 years of working experience in an intensive care unit 222 (63.1)
Criteria for selecting trainers∗
 Education: Master’s degree and above 179 (52.5)
 Technical title: Nurse-in-charge and above 198 (58.1)
 Clinical working experience: more than 10 years of working experience in an intensive care unit 263 (77.1)
 Educational experience: more than 5 years of college education or clinical teaching experience and more than 2 years of experience in simulation teaching 255 (74.8)
Training mode
 Full-time training 155 (45.4)
 Part-time training 164 (48.1)
 On-the-job training 22 (6.5)
Training cycle (weeks)
 <4 24 (7.0)
 4–8 98 (28.7)
 9–12 123 (36.1)
 >12 96 (28.2)
Ratio of theoretical lectures to experiential learning
 2:1 52 (15.3)
 1:1 112 (32.8)
 1:2 136 (39.9)
 1:3 41 (12.0)
Duration of one experiential class (minutes)
 40–60 283 (83.0)
 61–90 55 (16.1)
 >90 3 (0.9)
Demands relating to experiential training methods∗
Concrete experience
 Demonstration of operations 163 (47.8)
 Case analysis 91 (26.7)
 Scenario simulation 206 (60.4)
 Field trip 130 (38.1)
Reflective observation
 Debriefing 117 (34.3)
 Video recording 83 (24.3)
 Brainstorming 169 (49.6)
 Panel discussion 187 (54.8)
Abstract conceptualization
 Debriefing 84 (24.6)
 Video recording 66 (19.4)
 Brainstorming 141 (41.3)
 Panel discussion 123 (36.1)

Note:∗Multiple choice questions.