AimThis study aimed to determine the effect of a nursing education course based on the cooperative learning model on the creative thinking disposition and self-regulated learning skills of students preparing to provide patient education.MethodsThis was a quasi-experimental study with a one-group pretest-post-test design. The study sample included 91 third-year students enrolled in the Education in Nursing course during the 2022–2023 academic year. Data were collected before and after the educati