Team-based Learning in the teaching of perioperative care in undergraduate Nursing

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the use of Team-based Learning from the perspective of an undergraduate nursing school of a public university in Brazil. Methods: This study used a mixed method with 127 students of the Undergraduate Nursing Course of a public university in southern Brazil. Data were collected by questionnaire applied between July 2015 and September 2016. Using thematic analysis, data were grouped by similarity using simple frequencies and qualitative data. Results: Several thematic categories emerged from the experiences of the students in respect to Team-based Learning: Dynamism and organization, Student-centered learning, Critical thinking, and Interaction. Conclusion: The results show that this method favors student-centered learning, aiming at interactions and propitiating arguments that leads to an approximation to the perioperative care praxis and consequent development of clinical reasoning.