VISPA's group (evaluation of the implementation Strategies of the Measurements Instruments Adopted in the Italian nursing Practice).

An innovative teaching strategy focused on problem based approach rather than theorical aiming to facilitate the learning of the research methodology in advanced nursing student has been introduced. Through out a qualitative evaluation of the diary kept by the student nurses involved, advantages and disadvantages of this innovative approach have been evaluated. This paper reports a synthesis of the teaching strategy and its impact on the competences in the research methodology as it has been perceived by the students participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]