Objective: to verify the implications of practical activities in the Skills and Simulation Laboratory on the motivation and feelings expressed by undergraduate students when returning to face-to-face activities after the social isolation caused by COVID-19 pandemic. Method: a quasi-experimental study, with a single group and of the pre-and post-test type, carried out through an educational intervention based on skills training on medication administration and venipuncture, with medical students from a Brazilian public university. The sample was comprised by 47 students. The instruments of students’ characterization and self-perceived feelings and the Situational Motivation Scale were used for data collection. Results: in the sample, 98% mentioned the lack of practical activities during the pandemic. The most frequently described feeling was anxiety. After carrying out the activity, there was a change in the frequency of expressed feelings, although there was no significant change in motivational levels. External Regulation (5.1-5.6), Identified Regulation (6.1-6.4) and Intrinsic Motivation (5.6-6.0) presented high results, showing similarity to the feelings reported by the learners. Conclusion: motivation is essential for effective learning and the use of active methodologies reinforces skills built in an affective way in the students facing the learning process.
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Henrique-Sanches, B. C., Sabage, L., de Oliveira Costa, R. R., Dos Santos Almeida, R. G., Moron, R. A., & Mazzo, A. (2023). Implications of practical activities in the Skills and Simulation Laboratory on students’ motivation and feelings. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 31. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.6397.3903
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