Practical guideline for international nursing students - how to take a Pap-smear test
Ammor, Sihame; Fraulin, Ilaria (2020)
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020112624520
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020112624520
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The purpose of this project was to produce good quality, evidence-based learning material. This project was meant to enable the students to acquire the necessary skills, which can then be applied in their future career.
The objective of this thesis was a recommendation by Satakunnan Ammattikorkeakoulu (SAMK), to create learning material tailored for the international Nursing students of SAMK on how to take a Pap-smear test. The educational material created was then provided in the format of a PowerPoint presentation.
This thesis provided an easy step by step procedure on how to take a Pap-smear test according to the Finnish guidelines. The instruction provided along with the images and the PowerPoint presentation, was made according to the key points found on adult learning. As the audience whom this is directed at, are categorized as adults.
The authors of this thesis used the hybrid method to plan and implement each step. The hybrid method was more suitable for this project as it would allow small changes. First, literature review was conducted in order to gather evidence-based material on the topic including the actual guidelines on how to take a Pap-smear test applied in the local hospitals and healthcare centers. Secondly the authors focused on the learning needs and features of their client and the target group. Thirdly the authors make a working schedule considering the limitations given by a student being abroad for the academic year and the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a result of the above-mentioned limitations, a delay in concluding the project was experimented and it was needed to adjust the final product from a video into a PowerPoint presentation. However, the authors believed that criteria of quality and ethics have been fulfilled.
The final PowerPoint presentation has been positively evaluated by the representatives of SAMK. The original product can be used by the teachers as an educational material for the international students.
The objective of this thesis was a recommendation by Satakunnan Ammattikorkeakoulu (SAMK), to create learning material tailored for the international Nursing students of SAMK on how to take a Pap-smear test. The educational material created was then provided in the format of a PowerPoint presentation.
This thesis provided an easy step by step procedure on how to take a Pap-smear test according to the Finnish guidelines. The instruction provided along with the images and the PowerPoint presentation, was made according to the key points found on adult learning. As the audience whom this is directed at, are categorized as adults.
The authors of this thesis used the hybrid method to plan and implement each step. The hybrid method was more suitable for this project as it would allow small changes. First, literature review was conducted in order to gather evidence-based material on the topic including the actual guidelines on how to take a Pap-smear test applied in the local hospitals and healthcare centers. Secondly the authors focused on the learning needs and features of their client and the target group. Thirdly the authors make a working schedule considering the limitations given by a student being abroad for the academic year and the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a result of the above-mentioned limitations, a delay in concluding the project was experimented and it was needed to adjust the final product from a video into a PowerPoint presentation. However, the authors believed that criteria of quality and ethics have been fulfilled.
The final PowerPoint presentation has been positively evaluated by the representatives of SAMK. The original product can be used by the teachers as an educational material for the international students.