IMPLEMENTATION OF PROBLEM BASED METHOD TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING IN LEARNING MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING I

Abstract

This research aims to improve critical thinking skills and learning outcomes in Learning Medical Surgical Nursing I learning material on physiological changes with or without organ structure disorders through the application of the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) model. This research was classroom action research. The research subject was Akper Kesdam I/BB Padang semester III of the 2022/2023 academic year. Data collection used the observation method with checklist instruments and performance tests. The subjects of this research were third semester students with a total of 39 students. The results of this research showed that students' critical thinking becomes better through the application of the Problem Based Method and their grades improve. The conclusion in cycle I was that the critical thinking skills aspect of students was still lacking and the increase in grades has not been significant, seen from the total achievement score of 68.4%. Based on these results, improvements and improvements need to be made in the implementation of PBL in the implementation of cycle II. The results of the implementation of cycle II in the aspect of critical thinking skills showed improvement. Obtaining a score of 583 from a supposed score of 729, the percentage of students' critical thinking skills was 80.4%. Based on the score obtained above, it showed that the success criteria have been achieved. The assessment results show increased assessment in aspects that were previously lacking. Based on data recapitulation, the highest value was 88.28, the lowest value was 82.65, the average value was 83.2. The number of students who achieved the minimum completeness criteria score was 38 out of 39 students (97.43%).