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Li-Ling Hsu1, Suh-Ing Hsieh, Hsiu-Win Chiu
1Graduate Institute of Health Allied Education, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan.
Contemporary Nurse
|May 3, 2014
Summary
This study developed and validated the Clinical Teaching Competencies Scale for nursing preceptors. The scale effectively measures essential teaching skills, ensuring quality clinical education for nursing students.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Healthcare Professional Development
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Nurses require teaching competence to effectively fulfill their preceptor roles.
- Modern nursing education emphasizes student-centered approaches, necessitating updated teaching competencies.
- Empirical research on nursing preceptor teaching competence is limited.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and psychometrically test an instrument measuring clinical teaching competencies of nursing preceptors.
- To identify key teaching competencies required in contemporary, student-centered nursing education.
- To provide a reliable tool for assessing preceptor teaching behaviors in practice.
Main Methods:
- Development and psychometric testing of the 53-item Clinical Teaching Competencies Scale.
- Exploratory factor analysis and reliability testing (Cronbach's α) on a sample of 389 nursing preceptors.
- Principal axis factoring with promax rotation to identify underlying factors.
Main Results:
- Four factors were identified: Student evaluation, goal setting and individual teaching, teaching strategies, and demonstration of organized knowledge.
- Cronbach's α values for the factors ranged from 0.82 to 0.87, indicating good internal consistency.
- The scale demonstrated adequate construct validity and reliability.
Conclusions:
- The Clinical Teaching Competence Inventory is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing nursing preceptor teaching behaviors.
- The identified factors provide a framework for understanding and developing essential clinical teaching competencies.
- This tool can support the enhancement of clinical nursing education and preceptor effectiveness.
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