Post-Pandemic Action Research. Evaluation of Laboratory Shadow Education

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2023 in the subject Pedagogy - Higher Education, , language: English, abstract: The pandemic generated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) remains a serious public health concern. The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled university teaching to prioritize the transition from in-person to remote instruction, especially laboratory teaching. As the laboratory set-up will now consist of face-to-face interactions, a curriculum that includes both virtual and hands-on phlebotomy laboratory simulations has been developed by the PHINMA Saint Jude College - School of Medical Laboratory Science in order to better prepare students for the hands-on laboratory courses that they will be taking before their actual classes. The outcome demonstrates that the students were successful in their coursework, which contributed to an increase in their level of self-assurance towards phlebotomy. As a result, the approach achieves its stated goal of reducing students' phlebotomy-related anxiety.