AI-Assisted Child Health Podcast Education for Nursing Students

This randomized controlled study will evaluate the effect of developing and implementing artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted child health podcasts for parents on nursing students' attitudes toward clinical practice and learning motivation. Third-year nursing students enrolled in the Growth and Development course will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to an early intervention group or a delayed intervention/wait-list control group. Students in the intervention will select a child health, growth and development, health promotion, or child care topic; review current scientific evidence; prepare a parent-oriented educational text; and use generative AI tools to develop the content into a podcast. AI-generated content will be verified against reliable scientific sources, revised by the student, and reviewed by the researchers for scientific accuracy, understandability, target-group appropriateness, ethical suitability, and protection of personal health information before being presented to an appropriate parent. Both groups will complete baseline assessments before the intervention. After the early intervention group completes the podcast activity, both groups will complete an intermediate assessment. The delayed intervention group will then complete the same podcast development and implementation process, followed by the final assessment in both groups. Outcomes will include attitudes toward clinical practice and learning motivation.

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years or older. * Enrolled as a third-year undergraduate nursing student at Izmir University of Economics during the 2026-2027 academic year. * Enrolled in the HEM 340 Growth and Development course. * Has access to a smartphone, tablet, or computer with internet connectivity required to participate in the AI-assisted podcast development process. * Agrees to complete the study assessments at the specified time points. * Provides written informed consent to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Withdrawal from or suspension of enrollment in the HEM 340 Growth and Development course during the study period. * Enrollment in both HEM 340 Growth and Development and HINT 413 Pediatric Nursing Internship during the same study period. * Withdrawal of informed consent at any stage of the study.