Comparing the Effectiveness of Workshop Training and Team-based Learning Methods on Nurses’ knowledge, Attitude and Practice with Regard to the Care of Infants Suffering from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Download PDF

Learning in small group is one of the active learning methods which leads to an increase in; problem solving skills, the development of critical thinking, and the improvement of interpersonal communication skills. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of workshop training and team-based learning methods with regard to the care of infants suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). This study was conducted on nursing staff working at the neonatal intensive care units in two different educational hospitals. One group was trained by the team-based learning method, and the other was trained with the workshop training method. There was a significant difference between the knowledge level (T= -13.18, Df = 44, P<0.001), attitudes (T= -16, Df = 44, P<0.001), and practice (T= -19.42, Df = 44, P<0/001) of nurses in the two groups. These findings indicated that, team-based learning had more impact on the nurses’ Knowledge, attitude, and practice than the workshop training method. This finding can be used as another piece of evidence for the necessity of learners’ active participation in learning activities and the need for change in the conventional methods. The result of this study may also encourage the use of team-based learning method in the training process.