The Effect of Active Learning Model on Cognitive and Clinical Skills among ICU Nursing Students     Baghaei R [1] , Mohammadpour Y [2] *, Naderi A [3] , Rasouli D [4] , Sheikhi N [5]     Received: 4 Sep, 2011 Accepted: 15 Nov, 2011     Abstract   Background & Aims : The clinical education and evaluation of nursing education is a fundamental pillar. This study aimed to assess the achievement of nursing students in clinical skills.   Materials & Methods : This quasi-experimental study was done on 28 nursing students who were passing ICU courses and they were selected by statistic sampling and then using simple randomization method to case and control group .pre and posttest for cognitive skills and clinical skills for both group, with questionnaire and clinical skills was conducted for the check list. At the end of the 28 students’ course, their clinical skills were evaluated through same check list by their educator.   Result : The mean scores of all ICU skills achieved by the experiment group whit competency based education were significantly higher than of the control group (P= 0.000

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