Nursing students' knowledge gained about female genital cutting/mutilation through dramatization simulation with a standardized patient: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Female genital cutting is a culture bound ritual involving excision of the female genitalia. Little is known about nursing students' knowledge and perceptions of female genital cutting and no studies using simulation to teach this topic exist.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of a dramatization simulation on nursing students' knowledge about and perceptions of female genital cutting.