. Alireza Yousefy; . Shahram Shayan; . Assadolah Mosavi
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2012, , Pages 1-5
Abstract
Background: Assessment is one of the teachers’ most important activities in teaching processwhich bears many purposes. With the rapid change of different sciences,old methods ...
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Background: Assessment is one of the teachers’ most important activities in teaching processwhich bears many purposes. With the rapid change of different sciences,old methods and toolsare not meeting the present needs. Since in medical sciences, half of the educational course,including nursing courses,occurs at patients’ bedside, the assessment of clinical competencyis of great importance. In this study the goals , skills and expected level of competency foreach skill and procedural skills needed for training nursing studentsreceivingcardiac care fieldtraining compiled. Materials and Methods: This research was a descriptive measurementstudy conducted in Esfahan in 2010-2011. Research community was nursing trainers whoare responsible for training students takingcardiac care field training coursesin state medicalscience universities all over the country. Sampling was performed first in the form of the multistage cluster and then after selecting the colleges , their trainers entered the study in the formof census. To gather the information, after literature review and performing a focusing group,an initial questionnaire was compiled and survey was conducted using Delphi three-stagemethod. Results: After literature review and focus group, 23 modules and 142 skills in thefirst section and 14 general procedural skills and 15 special procedural skills in the secondstage were compiled. Finally after passing the Delphi stages, 150 skills in the form of 23 modules in the first section and 14 general procedural skill and 13 special procedural skills wereobtainedin the second section. The expectancy levels of all the skills were also determined.Conclusion: This study has introduced an assessment pattern in the form of clinical performance logbook which can be a valuable tool for assessing the clinical competency of nursingstudents receiving field training in cardiac care units(CCU).
