The Effect of Peer Learning Method on The Level of Patient Safety Knowledge and Activeness in Nursing Students

Abstract

Objective: Knowing the effect of peer learning methods on the level of patient safety knowledge and activeness in nursing students

Method: This research is a Quasi Experiment research with a two group pretest-posttest research design with control group design. The number of respondents amounted to 48 people with each group of 24 people. The inclusion criteria in this study were level 1 students who had not been given patient safety material. The instrument used was a knowledge level questionnaire and a learning activeness observation sheet.

Results: In the Wilcoxon test, showed a significant Asymp. Sig value that is significant in the intervention group is 0.000 <0.05, while in the control group 1.000> 0.05. The Mann Whitney test on the level of knowledge showed a significant Asymp. Sig value is 0.000 < 0.05 and the difference in activeness between the intervention and control groups also shows a significant Asymp. Sig value is significant 0.000 (<0.05).

Conclusion: In this study it can be concluded that the peer learning method has an influence on the level of knowledge and activeness of students.