Teaching Family Planning Skills With Standardized Patients"

The research is planned to be carried out in the Simulated Patient Laboratory of Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine. The population of the research will consist of students taking the Hem 327 Women\'s Health and Diseases Nursing course in the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year (N: 179). Students receive training in small groups of 30-40 people in the professional skills laboratory. It is planned to study with a total of 80 students, 40 in the intervention group and 40 in the control group. Students will be assigned to intervention and control groups by lottery. The entire intervention and control group will receive theoretical training on \"Family Planning\", which is included in the 327 Women\'s Health and Diseases Nursing course. The course, conducted by the research faculty member using lecture, question-answer and discussion methods, will last three hours. Students participating in the study during the week of the theoretical course will be asked to fill out the Introductory Characteristics Form and the Family Planning Counseling Information Form.