The findings of several studies suggest positive effects of web-based education in the training of nursing students (Woo and Kimmick, 2000; Kearns et al., 2004; Dwyer and Searle, 2009; Cooke et al., 2010). For example, Woo and Kimmick (2000) found that studentswho took nursing lessons via the Internet were more satisfiedwith and enthusiastic about their lessons. Kearns et al. (2004) investigated the effect of web-based education and web-enhanced education on the achievement and satisfaction of second-year nursing students in the USA. The achievement scores of the students receiving web-based education were higher than those of students receiving traditional classroom education with web-enhanced supplements. However, there have been few studies focusing on the psychomotor skills of nursing students. Nursing is a practice-based discipline, and skilled and competent nurses are a requirement of quality health care. Therefore, developing the psychomotor
skills of nursing students is important to the quality and safety of care.