SimCapture for Skills®: Mobile-based web skills training for undergraduate nursing students: A randomized clinical trial

Abstract

Background: Emerging mobile-based technologies offer self-learning teaching strategies for technical skills training. Methods: In a randomized clinical trial with nursing students, all participants received traditional classroom and SimCapture-assisted training. Checklist scores for self-assessment, satisfaction and self- confidence were compared for each learning scenario. Costs were also compared. Results: In the traditional training session self-assessments, scores were higher when students received the traditional training after SimCapture than before it (75 [67.6–76] vs 73 [61.4–76], p = .006, d = 0.54). Satisfaction and self-confidence were higher with SimCapture. Training with SimCapture saved 12538 euros compared to traditional classroom training. Conclusions: SimCapture for Skills®is an effective and financially feasible instruction method.