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The use of skills inventories to assess and grade practice: Part 2 - Evaluation of assessment strategy.
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PMID:  22305743     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This paper evaluates the introduction of an assessment tool to grade clinical competence in post-registration critical care courses using a skills-based assessment strategy. An audit of skills assessors was conducted alongside an analysis of theory and practice marks. Findings showed marks awarded for practice were generally higher than those awarded for theory which may be expected in a clinically-based profession. Whilst grading of practice requires further exploration, our experience shows that competence can be defined, measured and the resultant marks incorporated into a degree classification with relative ease. Consistency between assessors remains an issue but can be assisted by the use of clear skills templates and a user-friendly grading tool.
Authors:
Debbie Hatfield; Jane Lovegrove
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-2-3
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nurse education in practice     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1873-5223     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-2-6     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101090848     Medline TA:  Nurse Educ Pract     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2012. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Affiliation:
University of Brighton, Eastbourne District General Hospital, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Education Centre, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 2UD, United Kingdom.
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