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SynthesisNurse education today2022

Application of digital education in undergraduate nursing and medical interns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.

Xiaonan Hao, Xin Peng, Xinxin Ding, Yuan Qin, Miaohua Lv, Jing Li, Kun Li

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Synthesis in Nurse education today, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xiaonan HaoSchool of Nursing, Jilin University, 965Xinjiang street, Changchun 130021, China.
Xin PengSchool of Nursing, Jilin University, 965Xinjiang street, Changchun 130021, China.
Xinxin DingSchool of Nursing, Jilin University, 965Xinjiang street, Changchun 130021, China. Electronic address: dingxx19@jlu.edu.cn.
Yuan QinSchool of Nursing, Jilin University, 965Xinjiang street, Changchun 130021, China.
Miaohua LvSchool of Nursing, Jilin University, 965Xinjiang street, Changchun 130021, China.
Jing LiSchool of Nursing, Jilin University, 965Xinjiang street, Changchun 130021, China. Electronic address: lij19@mails.jlu.edu.cn.
Kun LiSchool of Nursing, Jilin University, 965Xinjiang street, Changchun 130021, China. Electronic address: lik@jlu.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDue to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. This declaration had an unprecedented impact on health profession education, especially the clinical clerkship of nursing and medical students. The teaching hospitals had to suspend traditional bedside clinical teaching and switch to digital education.

objectiveTo systematically synthesize the available literature on the application of digital education in undergraduate nursing and medical interns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

designA systematic review informed by PRISMA guidelines. DATA SOURCES: Five electronic databases were systematically searched: PubMed, Embase, MEDLINE (OVID), CINAHL and the Cochrane Library. REVIEW

methodsThe retrieved articles were screened at the title, abstract, and full text stages. The Mixed-Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) was used to assess the quality of quantitative and mixed-method studies. Then, two reviewers extracted the quantitative data of the included studies.

resultsA total of 4596 studies were identified following a comprehensive search, and 16 studies were included after removing duplicates and screening, which focused on undergraduate nursing students (3 studies) and medical students (13 studies). We found that the standalone digital education modalities were as effective as conventional learning for knowledge and practice. Different educational technologies have different effects on the knowledge and practice of interns.

conclusionDigital education plays a significant role in distance training for nursing and medical interns both now and in the future. The overall risk of bias was high, and the quality of evidence was found to be variable. There is a need for further research designing more quasi-experimental studies to assess the effectiveness of standalone digital education interventions for the remote training of nursing or medical interns to be fully prepared for emergencies.

Indexed as

COVID-19Education, Medical, UndergraduateEducation, Nursing, BaccalaureateStudents, NursingHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Clinical practicumCOVID-19Digital educationMedical studentsNursing studentsUndergraduate

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PMID34741918
PMCPMC8545701

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