Affiliation:
1. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71410 Heraklion, Greece
2. Department of Special Education, University of Thessaly, 38221 Volos, Greece
3. Department of Business Administration and Tourism, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71410 Heraklion, Greece
Abstract
Educational technology has advanced tremendously in recent years, with several major developments becoming available in healthcare professionals’ education, including nursing. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in obligatory physical distancing, which forced an accelerated digital transformation of teaching tools. This review aimed to summarize all the available digital tools for nursing undergraduate education developed from 2019 to 2023. A robust search algorithm was implemented in the Scopus database, resulting in 1592 publications. Overall, 266 relevant studies were identified enrolling more than 22,500 undergraduate nursing students. Upon excluding multiple publications on the same digital tool, studies were categorized into three broad groups: serious games (28.0%), gamified applications (34.5%), and VR simulations and other non-gamified digital interventions (37.5%). Digital tools’ learning activity type (categories = 8), geographical distribution (countries = 34), educational subjects (themes = 12), and inclusion within a curriculum course (n = 108), were also explored. Findings indicate that digital educational tools are an emerging field identified as a potential pedagogical strategy aiming to transform nursing education. This review highlights the latest advances in the field, providing useful insights that could inspire countries and universities which have not yet incorporated digital educational tools in their nursing curriculum, to invest in their implementation.
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