Journal of Education and Health Promotion 2277-9531 11 2 2021 02 01 The effect of direct observation of procedural skills/mini‑clinical evaluation exercise on the satisfaction and clinical skills of nursing students in dialysis 1 6 28127 EN . Hasanali Jafarpoor Department of Anesthesia and Operating Room, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran . Meimanat Hosseini Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, . Maryam Sohrabi Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran . Masoomeh Mehmannavazan Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Journal Article 2023 02 21 BACKGROUND: Since the purpose of medicine science is health promotion, education of this group<br />is very important. The use of new evaluation methods is one of the first educational needs. Given<br />that many conventional clinical evaluation methods are not able to fully evaluation students in the<br />clinical settings and only evaluate limited information, This study is designed to evaluate the impact<br />of direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) and mini‑clinical evaluation exercise (mini‑CEX)<br />on nursing students and their clinical satisfaction skills.<br />MATERIALS AND METHODS: This quasi‑experimental study was conducted in 2018 to evaluate<br />the dialysis unit of the 6th semester nursing students of Babol University of Medical Sciences in Iran.<br />Samples were selected by the census method and then random allocation. Data collection was<br />performed using two questionnaires and two checklists to evaluate the clinical skills and satisfaction<br />of the two groups of testing and control. Moreover, the data were analysed with using the SPSS<br />software (version 18, IBM SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) through the descriptive and analytical<br />statistics (Chi‑square test and t‑test).<br />RESULTS: The results showed that the intervention group compared with the control evaluation score<br />of 13/73 ± 2/44, 11/74 ± 2/43, P < 0.002, respectively. Furthermore, the mean score of satisfaction of<br />the intervention group with the DOPS method compared to the traditional method of the control group<br />was 72/50 ± 7/31, 63/48 ± 9/31, P < 0.001, respectively. As well as, the mean score of satisfaction<br />with the mini‑CEX method of the intervention group compared to the traditional method of the control<br />group was 73/28 ± 7/78, 63/48 ± 9/31, P < 0.002, respectively.<br />CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study showed that students who were evaluated by DOPS<br />and mini‑CEX methods had a higher score of clinical performance evaluation and higher level of<br />satisfaction. Nursing professors can improve the learning process and the satisfaction of nursing<br />students by using direct feedback on such evaluation methods.<br /><br /> https://jehp.mui.ac.ir/article_28127_4da9e81f4bb667b11e3b1064b10fb2c3.pdf