Effects of metaverse-based career mentoring for nursing students: a mixed methods studyopen access
- Authors
- Kim, Yujeong; Kim, Mi Young
- Issue Date
- May-2023
- Publisher
- BMC
- Keywords
- Career Choice; Mentoring; Virtual reality; Self-efficacy; Nursing students
- Citation
- BMC NURSING, v.22, no.1, pp.1 - 11
- Indexed
- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- BMC NURSING
- Volume
- 22
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 11
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/189351
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12912-023-01323-8
- ISSN
- 1472-6955
- Abstract
- Background: There is a lack of studies on metaverse-based career mentoring for college students in both quantitative and qualitative research. This study aimed to examine the effect of metaverse-based career mentoring among nursing students and explore the experiences of mentors and mentees.
Methods: This study used a mixed methods design using both a survey for collecting quantitative data and focus group interviews for a qualitative one. A total of 8 mentors and 43 mentees participated in the metaverse-based career mentoring program. The program covered eight career fields and was delivered across eight sessions of 60 min each, over six days. Career decision-making self-efficacy among mentees and platform and program satisfaction were measured before and after the program. Afterwards, 7 mentors and 12 mentees participated in the focus group interviews to investigate their experience of participating in the metaverse-based career mentoring program. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, paired t-test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and Mann-Whitney U test. The qualitative data underwent thematic analysis.
Results: After the metaverse-based career mentoring program, mentees’ career decision-making self-efficacy increased significantly compared to the baseline level. From the mentor–mentee focus group interviews, three key themes were derived: (i) communicating frankly and openly, (ii) being satisfied with realistic communication and program functions, and (iii) expecting an even more optimized program.
Conclusions: A metaverse-based career mentoring program for nursing students can have a positive effect on their career decision-making self-efficacy. In addition, in terms of education, it is helpful as a non-face-to-face medium and feeling a sense of reality, so it is expected that it will be beneficial in education by applying various contents in the future.
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