A Comparative Study on the Effect of Lecture-Based Education, Role-Playing and Learning Through Peers on Learning and Satisfaction of Nursing Students in Zanjan University of Medical Sciences

Background: in educational programs, two general teaching models are proposed; a master-centered pattern in which the master is the all-encompassing fulcrum. in this model, learners learn and soon forget. another model that pays special attention to the learner, their needs and abilities is called student-centered. due to the fact that different people learn in different ways, to achieve better results, therefore, it is necessary not to use only one method in classrooms. method: this quasi experimental study was performed on nursing students during the first semester of 2018-2019 in zanjan school of nursing and midwifery in one unit of the adult / elderly 3 course (neurology). thus out of 8 sessions, two sessions were presented by lecturing method, three sessions by using peer learning model and three sessions by role-playing method. at the end of the sessions, a satisfaction questionnaire was completed by the students and a test was taken to assess the students' learning.results: the results showed that the students had the highest satisfaction in role playing with the mean and standard deviation of 22/23±11/21(p<0/001). the mean of examination scores in different training methods had no significant difference.conclusion: the use of, role playing method was created more satisfaction in nursing students.