Effıcıency Of Hybrıd Based Sımulatıon Method In Breastfeedıng Educatıon

This study was planned to determine the effect of hybrid simulation-based breastfeeding education on the practical skills, satisfaction, self-confidence and self-efficacy of the students of the Department of Midwifery, Hamidiye Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Health Sciences. The research, planned in a randomized controlled experimental design, will be conducted with Istanbul Health Sciences University Hamidiye Health Sciences Faculty midwifery 2nd year students (N: 84). Students participating in the study will be divided into intervention (n: 42) and control (n: 42) groups according to the computer-assisted simple random sampling technique. Both groups will be given 4 hours of theoretical information about breast milk and breastfeeding education before the application. 42 students assigned to the intervention group will receive training with a high-reality simulator fitted to a standard patient, accompanied by a scenario, and 42 students assigned to the control group will receive practice training with an adult standard patient care model. Introductory Information Form, Simulation-Based Learning Evaluation Scale, Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale, Self-Efficacy-Sufficiency Scale, Breastfeeding Management Skill Evaluation Form will be applied to the students participating in the research. As a result of the findings, discussion and conclusions of the study will be written. It is important to increase the competency level of midwifery students in breastfeeding management in a simulation environment that creates virtual reality, before the care applied on real patients in a clinical environment. It is recommended to integrate high-reality simulators and standard patient methods into the curriculum in the education of midwifery students . This study aims to increase the application skills, satisfaction, self-confidence and self-efficacy levels of midwifery department students with hybrid simulation-based Breastfeeding education, in which two or more simulation types (standard patient and Lactation Simulator) are combined to produce a more realistic simulation experience.