Masoud Bahreini; Fazlollah Ahmadi; Shohre Shahamat; Soodabeh Behzadi
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2012, , Pages 107-114
Abstract
Background & Objectives: Portfolios as new educational tools can play an important role in improving clinical competence of nurses However scientific evidences about the impact of portfolios on nurses clinical competence are limited and few studies have been done in Iran This study aimed to determine ...
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Background & Objectives: Portfolios as new educational tools can play an important role in improving clinical competence of nurses However scientific evidences about the impact of portfolios on nurses clinical competence are limited and few studies have been done in Iran This study aimed to determine the impact of professional portfolio on nurses clinical competence in a hospital affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Methods: In this quasiexperimental pretest intervention posttest study from 22 units of the selected hospital 4 general units were selected randomly Nurses of 2 units were studied as experimental group and participated in a 12month portfoliobased Professional development program Nurses of 2 other units were considered as control group and participated in the routine professional development programs of their units Data were collected by a valid and reliable scale measuring clinical competence of nurses Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics independent and paired ttest Results : After intervention mean clinical competence in experimental group showed a significant increase from 7672 (± 645) to 8568 (± 643) (p
Kayghobad Tahernezhad; Fatemeh Javidan
Volume 5, Issue 1 , July 2008, , Pages 58-70
Abstract
Background: Assessment of clinical competencies is one of the complicated and hard tasks in medical education Nowadays assessment of clinical performance is significantly patient centered and student centered Traditional methods consisted of faculties observations oral examinations and multiplechoice ...
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Background: Assessment of clinical competencies is one of the complicated and hard tasks in medical education Nowadays assessment of clinical performance is significantly patient centered and student centered Traditional methods consisted of faculties observations oral examinations and multiplechoice tests Increased faculties workload discontent with traditional methods of clinical skill assessment and developments in the fields of psychology and education have led to the formation of new modalities in performance assessment methods with special definition Clinical competency is defined as the ability to gather information from the patient by history taking and physical examination integrating this information in order to make a diagnosis selecting appropriate laboratory tests to confirm the diagnosis and efficient disease management At the present time several fields for future direction of performance assessment in medical education are suggested including: a) Evidencebased locally developed assessments b) Understanding educational outcomes and noncognitive assessment factors c) Increase in studentdriven aspect of assessments Attempting to introduce new and advanced medical students clinical performance assessment methods according to the world accredited centers this article analyzed three mentioned directions in field of clinical performance assessment Conclusion : Improvement of performance assessment in local or national level is a complex issue which needs time cooperation recourses and fundamental attempts However this is the price to pay if we believe that clinical competency can improve quality of patient care
