Abstract

Communication skills can be improved in a variety of ways at any time of life. It is known in our country and in the world that watching films has a positive effect on individuals. In addition to traditional verbal lectures teaching skills to be learned by students, watching movies is thought of as contributing to the acquisition of permanent knowledge. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the effect of watching movies on nursing students' communication skills. The research sample includes 20 student volunteers at Akdeniz University's Antalya School of Health who conformed to the criteria for inclusion. The research was carried out with one group as an experimental study with a pretest and a post-test. The data was obtained using a 7-question data collection form, a socio-demographic questionnaire and the Communication Skills Rating Scale. The Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Signed-Ranks Test and the Mann Whitney U test were used to evaluate the data. It was determined that 70% of the participants are male, and 45% are twenty-years-old. Of the students, 70% are in their second year, 60% do not live with their family, but with friends, and 85% think their own communication skills are adequate. After the five week intervention, a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) was found between the pretest and post-test scores of communication skills of the participants. The research confirmed that the students' communication skills improved. Watching movies and discussing them significantly enhances the teaching and development of communication skills.

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