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Christine M Thomas1, Danielle Yocom, Michelle Kaulback
1Author Affiliations: Associate Professor (Drs Thomas and Meehan) and Assistant Professor (Drs Yocom and Kaulback), Nursing Department, West Chester University, Pennsylvania.
Background:
Faculty in a prelicensure baccalaureate nursing program were interested in establishing a process for use of simulation for the evaluation of program outcomes.
Problem:
Several infrastructure barriers existed for the implementation of simulation for a fair, valid, and reliable student evaluation.
Approach:
Faculty chose to evaluate student performance in simulation to examine student achievement of program outcomes.
Conclusions:
The project informed curricular decisions moving forward, helped faculty to standardize scenarios, and outlined a process of establishing validity and reliability that could be implemented in the future for student evaluation.
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