Assessment of Nursing Students’ Perception towards Group Learning Methods and its Effectiveness at Military Health Institute

Background: Group learning is an educational approach that emphasizes collaboration among students to enhance the learning experience. This method encourages individuals to work together, share ideas, and solve problems collectively, fostering a sense of understanding and promoting critical thinking. The study aimed to assess nursing students’ perception towards group learning methods and its effectiveness to enhance adaption of group learning as a new education method at Military Health Institute. Research design: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was utilized to carry out this study. Setting: This study was conducted at El Galaa Military Health Institute. Subjects: A convenience nonprobability sampling consists of 150 females nursing students at El Galaa Military Health Institute was allocated to the current study. Tools: A self-administrated questionnaire consists of 2 tools; Tool I: Consisted of two parts: Part 1: Demographic data & Part2: Administrative questionnaires which concerned with students’ perception towards group learning methods. Tool II: Group learning effectiveness questionnaire. Results: show that most participants (74.3%) have a high level of awareness towards group learning, with only a small fraction (3.4%) exhibiting low perception levels. In addition, the findings cleared that most participants (86.7%) have a high level of effectiveness towards group learning, with only a small fraction (3.4%) exhibiting low perception levels. Conclusion: Based on the findings of the current study, it can be concluded that most participants have a high level of perception regarding group learning methods and its effectiveness Recommendation: Further studies are necessary to carry out on a larger sample and in other setting for findings generalization.