Abstract: In the past, when Japanese nursing students learned palpation skills, two key points were important: (1) actually touching the person and (2) modeling the standard touch shown by the instructor. However, with the pandemic of COVID-19 starting in 2019, non-contact training have become the norm, making it difficult to "touch" people. Therefore, for the pulse measurement training in October 2021, I developed and introduced a new teaching method that would elicit students’ spontaneity, with the goal of allowing students to experience "touching" on their own. First of all, instead of my showing the students the standard procedure first, as I have done in the past, I first encouraged them to touch their own fingers by themselves. As a result of my continuing to raise issues in this way, emphasizing the students' independence, the students found on their own a form of a procedure similar to the one in the textbook. As a method of supporting students in acquiring nursing skills, encouraging them to become aware of their own senses and to reflect on their actions is effective in nursing education.