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Endocrine Abstracts (2016) 41 GP104 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.41.GP104

ECE2016 Guided Posters Endocrine Nursing (9 abstracts)

Diabetic foot workshop to apply interactive learning method for nurses: working with real patient as a teaching strategy

Mohammad Reza Amini 1 , Neda Mehrdad 2 , Mahnaz Sanjari 1 , Maryam Aalaa 1 , Samimeh Shahbazi 2 , Zahra Shaygabmehr 2 , Mohammad Reza Mohajeri Tehrani 1 & Hossein Adibi 1


1Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.


Background: One of important issues which should be taught by the multidisciplinary health care team in diabetes is related to the diabetic foot prevention and care. In this regard, nurses as one of team members are able to provide specific services to the patient including patient education and DF care. The aim of this study was to explore impact of work with “real patient” as a teaching strategy for nurses in the workshop.

Methods: Two days diabetic foot workshops are established for nurses by Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute focused on the nurses role in prevention and care of diabetic foot. This workshop was held four times in 2015 and120 nurse were participated totally. In fact, the main teaching method of DF workshop was doing education and dressing with “real patient” and other teaching methods consists of case study, role modelling and team work activity related to the diabetic foot prevention, education, management and rehabilitation. Pretest-posttest is selected as a method to compare and measure the participants’ degree of changes. Data analyse was performed through using descriptive statistics and paired t-test by SPSS version 16.0.

Result:: Result showed that 89% of nurses were women and 85% had BS degree. There is strong evidence (t=−2.345, P=0.021) that working with real patient with diabetes as a teaching intervention improves marks of nurses. In this data set, it improved marks, on average, by ~1.9 points. This result is at the 95% CI.

Conclusion: The interactive method of teaching with real patient who affected by diabetic foot in DF workshop improve nurses’ knowledge and skill increase. It is clear those DF nurse specialists who pass this workshop successfully will be able to provide effective education and care.

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