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Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education
Published on: June 21, 2010
Nursing students' appraisal of their professional portfolios in demonstrating clinical competence
Christine Taylor1, Lyn Stewart, John Bidewell
1School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW 1797, Australia. ch.taylor@uws.edu.au
Abstract:
Portfolios are increasingly used to demonstrate and assess competence in nursing practice, yet when introduced in our Australian nursing school, reactions from students were mostly negative. A follow-up survey sought students' perceptions about the portfolio. Respondents acknowledged the portfolio's intrinsic worth but reported little extrinsic value beyond passing the assessment. The authors discuss the implications and suggests strategies to improve portfolio use in undergraduate nursing education.
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