Introduction

Self-learning guides constitute a pedagogical strategy that permits addressing and integrating the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of nurses in training.

Objective

The objective was to validate the self-learning guides from the procedures and simulation laboratory of the Nursing Program at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia.

Materials and Methods

Face and content validity was conducted on 40 guides by the committee of experts based on the educational material evaluation guide by the Pan-American Health Organization.

Results

Half the guides require adjustments in structure, presentation, and images. According to expert judgment, 50% of the guides obtained a content validity index (CVI) score above 0.6, which indicates that the process of design and content elaboration is pertinent for self-learning by nursing students; 16 guides corresponded to scores between 0.64 and 0.8, that is, a good validity with the need to adjust the aspects evaluated and four guides obtained CVI scores above 0.8, that is, very good validity.

Discussion

Evaluation of the guides constructed and evaluated is fundamental to facilitate learning and improve clinical skills and knowledge, both for the practice in scenarios and for the future professional performance.

Conclusions

Face and content validity of educational material for current use of clinical simulation requires evaluation and methodological processes based on motivating pedagogies within a context of autonomous learning that is also close to reality.

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