Gagne Learning Model in Nursing Education

THE EFFECT OF BREAST CANCER EDUCATION CONDUCTED WITH THE GAGNE LEARNING MODEL ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES TOWARDS LEARNING, AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS OF NURSING STUDENTS

This study aims to examine the effect of breast cancer education, conducted using the Gagne learning model, on nursing students' knowledge, attitudes towards learning, and critical thinking skills.

The study is a randomized controlled trial with experimental and control groups. The study implements an educational program based on Gagne's learning model and a traditional learning model. Data are collected using a comprehensive breast cancer knowledge test, an attitude scale toward learning, a critical thinking skills questionnaire, and a self-breast examination teaching skills form.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Third-year students who had taken courses in fundamentals of nursing, internal medicine nursing, physiology, pathology, and computer science, but had not taken oncology nursing, were included in the study as volunteers.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students who were not in their third year of study, did not take one of the following courses: fundamentals of nursing, internal medicine nursing, physiology, pathology, computer science, those who had taken the oncology nursing course, and those who did not volunteer to participate in the research were excluded.