Cristiana Furtado Firmino, Miguel Nuno Faria, Fátima Frade, Olga Valentim, João Longo
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The use of information and communication systems in higher education, such as podcasts, as pedagogical tools, constitutes a strategy to support and motivate students to improve their learning. Thus, following the creation and development of podcasts by teachers aimed at students with a view to improving their skills and self-learning, this study aims to analyze the usability and suitability of podcasts as an educational support tool for students of the bachelor's degree in nursing and to understand how the podcasts developed can contribute to the learning process of these students. An exploratory, observational and descriptive study design was chosen, of a quantitative nature with a convenience sample, consisting of 117 nursing students from a School of Health, using a self-completed questionnaire, including sociodemographic variables as well as the System Usability Scale. SPSS® version 28 was used for data analysis. In general, nursing students rated the developed Podcast as excellent as a pedagogical tool in nursing education. They considered it very useful, easy to use and suitable for nursing education, using it frequently depending on the requirements and type of content. This article provides initial evidence that supports the adoption of this pedagogical tool in the undergraduate nursing course.
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Nurse Education Today is the leading international journal providing a forum for the publication of high quality original research, review and debate in the discussion of nursing, midwifery and interprofessional health care education, publishing papers which contribute to the advancement of educational theory and pedagogy that support the evidence-based practice for educationalists worldwide. The journal stimulates and values critical scholarly debate on issues that have strategic relevance for leaders of health care education.
The journal publishes the highest quality scholarly contributions reflecting the diversity of people, health and education systems worldwide, by publishing research that employs rigorous methodology as well as by publishing papers that highlight the theoretical underpinnings of education and systems globally. The journal will publish papers that show depth, rigour, originality and high standards of presentation, in particular, work that is original, analytical and constructively critical of both previous work and current initiatives.
Authors are invited to submit original research, systematic and scholarly reviews, and critical papers which will stimulate debate on research, policy, theory or philosophy of nursing and related health care education, and which will meet and develop the journal''s high academic and ethical standards.
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