Journal of Education and Health Promotion 2277-9531 10 11 2020 11 01 The gap in the clinical learning environment: The viewpoints of nursing students 1 5 29343 EN . Mohammadreza Yazdankhahfard . Maryam Ravanipour . Kamran Mirzaei Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran Journal Article 2023 03 04 INTRODUCTION: The clinical environment is an essential and irreplaceable resource in preparing<br />nursing students for their professional role. Despite many changes that occur in the clinical learning<br />environment (CLE), these environments remain important to nurse training. With regard to the<br />importance of students’ viewpoints in the evaluation of CLE, this study was performed to the<br />determination of nursing students’ viewpoint of the actual and preferred CLE at Bushehr University<br />of Medical Sciences in Iran 2013.<br />MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross‑sectional analytic study, due to the small size of the<br />research population, all nursing students (86 students) of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences<br />in Iran who had passed at least one clinical course were selected through the census. Participants<br />were invited to complete anonymously the actual and preferred Farsi versions of the CLE Inventory<br />consisting of 42 items originally developed by Professor Chan (2001). Data were analyzed using<br />frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation, and paired t‑test.<br />RESULTS: The results indicated that there were significant differences between students’ perceptions<br />of the actual and the preferred CLE (P < 0.001). The highest and lowest mean scores of actual CLE<br />belonged to student involvement and individualization, respectively, and the highest and lowest mean<br />scores of preferred CLE belonged to task orientation and individualization, respectively.<br />CONCLUSION: In general, students prefer a more positive CLE than what they actually have<br />experience and would prefer an environment with higher levels of clarification of personalization,<br />student Involvement, satisfaction, task orientation, innovation, and individualization.<br /><br /> https://jehp.mui.ac.ir/article_29343_acb6ae8893c33e5d6e4137df1af36760.pdf