TY - JOUR AU - Abou-Zaid, Catherine Mary PY - 2015/06/01 TI - Assessing the self-directed learning skills of the undergraduate nursing students in a Medical University in Bahrain: A quantitative study JF - Medical Research Archives; No 3 (2015)DO - 10.18103/mra.v0i3.25 KW - N2 - This quantitative study discusses the concerns with the self-directed learning (SDL) skills of the undergraduate nursing students in a medical university in Bahrain. The nursing undergraduate student SDL study was conducted taking all 4 years and compiling data collected from the students themselves by survey questionnaire. The aim of the study is to understand and change the attitudes of self-directed learning among the undergraduate students. The SDL of the undergraduate student nurses has been noticed to be lacking and motivation to actually perform without supervision while out-with classrooms are very low. Their use of the resources available on the virtual learning environment and also within the university is not as good as it should be for a university student at this level. They do not use them to their own advantage. They are not prepared for the transition from high school to an academic environment such as a university or college. For some students it is the first time in their academic lives that they have faced sharing a classroom with the opposite sex. For some this is a major issue and we as academics need to be aware of  all issues that they come to higher education with. UR - https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/25