The Effectiveness of Blended and Problem-based Learning to Improve the Competence of Geriatric Nursing Students

Medical ecology is a highly uncertain and high-pressure environment. Nurses must use their thinking to make critical judgments and decisions in a short time. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, many universities have produced a lot of innovative inf teaching styles. With the reduction of budget and the evaluation of teaching quality, the blended learning model is gradually being valued by educators. The aims of this study are to establish a teaching model that applies blended learning and problem-oriented teaching, and to explore the association and effectiveness of critical thinking and ethical competence of research subjects after this intervention in which shortens the gap in learning and practicing for increasing clinical nursing capabilities. After the implementation of this protocol, the participants would increase the critical thinking and ethical competence of nursing students in geriatric nursing. Also, the teacher can self-review the teaching effect and analyze the actual situation of the students in the construction of ethical competency as a teaching reference to improve or revise teaching strategies.