RESUMO
BACKGROUND: The use of new technology has recently grown considerably as an increasing number of college students using Internet. In nursing education, the personal computer and the Internet facilitate teaching theoretical and practical knowledge. OBJECTIVES: Evaluate an educational technology known as "Anatomy and Vital Signs" with respect to content, appearance and usability. METHOD: This was a first stage evaluation-by specialists to verify content and functioning, prior to a second validation as to learning by students. A methodological study in which instructional technologists (11 participants) and nursing specialists (17 participants) used the technology in an unguided manner and completed three questionnaires. The evaluation was measured by the difference between disagreement and agreement for each statement in the questionnaires. RESULTS: Most of the items were positively evaluated at a level higher than 70% by most of the evaluators except for the following usability criteria: grouping by shape, minimum actions and user control, which did not attain the 70% agreement level among instructional technologists. CONCLUSION: The evaluation was useful to improve the technology and guarantee suitable product for nursing education. It may be a reliable educational tool for nursing education that applies technological resources.
Assuntos
Anatomia/educação , Anatomia/métodos , Educação em Enfermagem/métodos , Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas/métodos , Sinais Vitais , Adulto , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Brasil , Simulação por Computador , Instrução por Computador , Tecnologia Educacional , Feminino , Humanos , Internet , Masculino , Microcomputadores , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros/psicologia , Estudantes de Enfermagem/psicologia , Inquéritos e Questionários , Universidades , Interface Usuário-Computador , Adulto JovemRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Identify learning needs of students of Technical Vocational Education (TVE) in Nursing. Qualitative study conducted in a city of São Paulo state. METHOD: The subjects were students, teachers and coordinators of TVE and students of the bachelor degree who have had contact with TVE. Data collection was performed by questionnaire socioeconomic and cultural circles about the learning needs. For data analysis we used the content analysis. RESULTS: It was found that students have difficulties contents not related to nursing as portuguese and mathematics, as well as introductory courses in the course of TVE which possibly may interfere negatively in learning specific content of nursing and the quality of health care. CONCLUSION: It is necessary to rethink the content taught and ways to teach from basic education, as well as the training of teachers who now works in the TVE.
