Assessing the Effect of PowerPoint Presentations on Students’ Attitude towards Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Calabar, Nigeria

Abstract The unsatisfactory attitude of students towards the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in Nigeria has always been and continues to call for serious attention. Since OSCE is a vital tool for assessing clinical competence in nursing education, this study investigated the effectiveness of PowerPoint presentations on students’ attitude towards objective structured clinical examination in Calabar, Nigeria. The study sought to find out how PowerPoint presentations affect students’ attitude towards OSCE. The study adopted quasi-experimental design that involved pre-test, post-test and control groups. One research question guided the study while one hypothesis was formulated and tested. A sample of 93 year 2 nursing students was drawn from two Colleges of Nursing in the study area 2024/2025 session. One intact class was used for the experimental and control groups. The instrument for data collection was Students’ Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ). The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha reliability method which gave a reliability index of 0.87. Consequently, the instrument was found to be adequately reliable for use in the study. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research question. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze collected data to test hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that PowerPoint presentations had a significant effect on students’ attitude towards objective structured clinical examination. It was recommended among others that, Colleges of Nursing should adopt PowerPoint presentations as a core instructional tool in OSCE preparation, ensuring that key clinical concepts, procedures, and assessment criteria are clearly outlined and visually reinforced.

Keywords: PowerPoint Presentations, Students’ Attitude, Objective Structured Clinical Examination, Digital tool