Medical Education Management ›› 2019, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (2): 168-173.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2096-045X.2019.02.014

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Survey of nursing professional English on mobile learning: a quantitative - qualitative study

Huang Mingjun 1 , Peng Wentao 2 , Gu Yao 3#br#   

  1. 1. Nursing Department of West China Hospital/West China School of Medical, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; 2. Nursing Department of West China Second Hospital, Chengdu 610041, China; 3. Department of Pediatrics, West China Second Hospital, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2018-12-19 Online:2019-04-20

Abstract: Objective To understand the foundation, current situation, willingness and needs of nursing professional English on mobile learning for undergraduate nursing students. Methods Undergraduate nursing students were investigated from May to July 2018. The quantitative study adopted a questionnaire survey, and the qualitative study selected 8 students using unstructured interview. Results There were 225 valid questionnaires. Percentage of 72.44 students’ English competency were good. Percentage of 94.67 of them use smart phones as mobile devices. 64.45% were not satisfied with the existing mobile learning resources, and 84.45% were willing to learn nursing English through mobile devices. Students Preferred audio input (990 scores), and QQ (944 scores) as learning ways. Qualitative research extracted three topics:“BROWSING” learning, promoting “FRAGMENTATION” learning, and “Multi-DIMENSIONAL” mobile English learning.Conclusion Students have strong willingness to use mobile learning to assist classroom learning, and mobile learning resources need to be richer in contents, and need more effectively monitoring.