The Impact of Genomics Course on Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitude Towards Embedding Genomics in the Nursing Program | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 50, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 736-744 PDF (663.97 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.203278 | ||
| Author | ||
| Naglaa Youssef1, 2 | ||
| 1Assistant professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| 2Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Genetics/genomics has been acknowledging to be integrated into the nursing curriculum worldwide. Aim: This study evaluates the impact of the genomics course on nursing students’ knowledge and attitude towards embedding genomics in the nursing program. Design: A observational pre and post design was adopted among a convenience sample of 116 nursing students at a nursing college in Riyadh city. Tools: An electronic-based questionnaire was administered twice (per- and post the genetics course) from September to December 2018. Results: The genomics knowledge mean was significantly improved after the course (p=0.0001). Only the subscale of the genomic base was significantly improved after the courses (p=0.0001). The total attitude scores before and after the genetics course showed an insignificant difference (p= 0.930). Conclusion: Although the students had genomics knowledge score below the average before and after the course, they have a positive attitude towards studying and integrating genomics in the nursing program even before studying the course. Recommendations: Genetics topics must be incorporated and expanded into the nursing curriculum, and innovative teaching methods must be applied | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Attitude, Embedding Genomics, Genetic; Knowledge, Students | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 254 PDF Download: 566 |
||
