Development of an Educational Model for Enhancing Nursing Practice Skills that accommodates Students with Broad Autism Phenotype Tendency

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K19013
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 58050:Fundamental of nursing-related
• Research Institution: Kyoto Tachibana University
• Principal Investigator: Kosuke Kawamura 京都橘大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (20708961)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: Broad Autism Phenotype / 看護系大学生 / 社会的スキル / コミュニケーション・スキル / Social Skills Training

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between Broad Autism Phenotype (BAP) and nursing practice skills among nursing students and to develop an educational model to enhance nursing practice skills that accommodates students with BAP tendency.
The results examining the relationship have shown that a high degree of BAP in nursing students affects their communication skills and that the characteristics of “aloof” may make it difficult to acquire nursing practice skills. We tried to develop an educational program that takes into account the characteristics of students with high degrees of BAP in order to improve their interpersonal skills (social skills) and communication skills. This program may improve social and communication skills even among those with low BAP, and more significantly among those with high BAP.

Free Research Field

基礎看護学関連

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

BAPの程度の高い看護学生は、コミュニケーション・スキルが低く、対人関係能力が低いため、臨地実習における学修が困難な可能性が高い。
本研究により、学修が困難な学生に対して支援する際、教員は打ち解けなさという特徴を考慮することが重要であることが明らかとなった。また、本研究で構築した「ジェスチャーゲーム」や対人関係を推察する「物語の完成」などの4週間のプログラムにより、BAPの程度が高い者でも社会的スキルとコミュニケーション・スキルが向上することが示唆された。
本研究成果はBAPのある看護学生における修学支援の基盤モデルになるとともに、看護系以外の大学生においても応用できる可能性がある。