TITLE:
Application of Case-Based Teaching Combined with Graduate Teaching Assistants in Fundamental Nursing Skills Practicum
AUTHORS:
Fang Peng, Hong Zhou, Aiping Gong, Jing Geng, Juan Ding
KEYWORDS:
Fundamental Nursing, Case-Based Teaching, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Critical Thinking
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.15 No.9,
September
12,
2025
ABSTRACT: Objective: To explore the effect of case-based teaching combined with graduate teaching assistants in Fundamental Nursing Skills Practicum. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was adopted, with 37 undergraduate nursing students from the class of 2022 assigned to the intervention group and 39 from the class of 2021 assigned to the control group. The control group received traditional experimental teaching, while the intervention group underwent case-based teaching combined with graduate teaching assistants. Results: After the teaching reform, the intervention group demonstrated significantly higher scores than the control group in midterm and final individual operational assessment score, final comprehensive assessments, and critical thinking ability (P