Keywords
Job competence
Integration of medical and nursing
TCM workshop
Submitted : 2025-08-06
Accepted : 2025-08-21
Published : 2025-09-05
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of a competency-oriented TCM workshop teaching model for integrated medical and elderly care in geriatric nursing positions. Methods: A stratified sampling method was employed to select 100 nurses from three integrated medical-care institutions in Guangyuan City. Using digital randomization, they were divided into a control group (conventional teaching model) and an educational reform group (competency-oriented TCM workshop model). The two groups were compared in training performance, evaluation of teaching models, job competency, and TCM nursing service quality. Results: The educational reform group demonstrated statistically significant higher scores (P < 0.05), better evaluations of teaching models, enhanced job competencies, and improved TCM nursing service quality compared to the control group. Conclusion: This competency-oriented TCM workshop teaching model effectively enhances nursing competencies in geriatric care, fully leverages TCM’s unique advantages, better meets elderly patients’ medical and care needs, and improves the elderly experience in integrated medical-care institutions.
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