PRIME Study

Podcast Recording as an Intervention tool for Medical Education

Title:

An international feasibility study protocol evaluating the appropriateness of podcasts to improve the knowledge and awareness of selected health topics amongst undergraduate general nursing students

Study population:

The study will collect information from undergraduate general nursing students from four universities which are located across, Malawi, South Africa and Ireland.

Methods:

We want to investigate if listening to podcasts impacts undergraduate nursing students' knowledge and awareness of global health issues. Six podcasts in total were designed and created for the study based on a global health issue or disease. Only two of the six podcasts will be used in this research. The two podcasts we have chosen for our study are gestational diabetes and mental health. There will be a survey to be completed before listening to the podcast and the same survey will be completed after listening to the podcasts. We will compare the survey results to see if there is any positive change in the answers after listening to the podcasts.

Ethics:

The study received ethical approval from the University College Cork Ethics Committee (SREC) (ID 2022-027A1) which will also cover the University of Galway in Ireland, the Mzuzu University Research Ethics Committee (MREC) (ID MZUNIREC/DOR/23/28) and in South Africa, the Inter-Faculty Research Ethics Committee (IFREC) of the University of Fort Hare (ID CIL002-21).

Publications:

Denny, A., Curtin, B., Taylor-Robinson, S., Chirambo, G.B., Cilliers, L., Wu, T.S.J., O'Meara, C., Booth, R. and O'Donoghue, J., 2024. Evaluating the Appropriateness of Podcasts to Improve the Knowledge and Awareness of Selected Health Topics Among Undergraduate General Nursing Students: Protocol for an International Feasibility Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 13(1), p.e50735. link.

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