Application of the BOPPPS-CBL model in electrocardiogram teaching for nursing students: a randomized comparison

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of students

Characteristic	Experimental Group (n = 55)	Control Group (n = 54)	χ2/t	P
Age (Yrs.)	24(22–26)	24(22–26)	0.132	0.895^a
Gender			0.191	1.000^b
Male	3	2
Female	52	52
Hospital level			0.261	0.696^b
Class III hospital	23	20
Class II hospital	32	34
Education level			0.084	0.812^b
University	45	43
vocational high school	10	11
Experience in ECG interpretation			0.373	0.658^b
0 ~ 2 years	40	42
> 2 years	15	12

Experimental Group: experimental group with the combined BOPPPS and CBL method. Control Group: control group with the traditional LBL method. ^a The two groups were compared using the Mann-Whitney U test. ^b The two groups were compared using the chi-square test

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