Development of an International Tool for Students to Record and Reflect on Patient Safety Learning Experiences
Alison Steven1, Pauline Pearson, Hannele Turunen
1Professor (Drs Steven and Pearson), Lecturer (Ms Patterson), and Senior Lecturer (Drs Larkin, Wilson, and Morey), Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Professor (Dr Turunen), Researcher (Ms Azimirad), and Docent/Patient Safety Manager (Dr Haatainen), Department of Nursing Science/Kuopio University Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio; Associate Professor (Drs Myhre and Ringstad), Ostfold University College of Health and Social Studies, Halden, Norway; Professor (Drs Sasso and Bagnasco), Lecturer (Dr Aleo), and Assistant Professor (Dr Zannini), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy; Associate Professor (Drs Vizcaya-Moreno and Pérez-Cañaveras), Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Alicante, Spain; Professor (Dr Porras), Department of Software Engineering, LUT University, Lappeenranta; Senior Researcher (Dr Khakurel) Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Finland; Legal Special Adviser (Mr Johnsen), Fredrikstad municipality, Norway; Children's Nurse (Dr Rossi), Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Senior Lecturer (Ms Sara-Aho) and Chief Specialist (Dr Tella), Department of Health and Social Care, LAB University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta, Finland.
Background:
Underpinning all nursing education is the development of safe practitioners who provide quality care. Learning in practice settings is important, but student experiences vary.
Purpose:
This study aimed to systematically develop a robust multilingual, multiprofessional data collection tool, which prompts students to describe and reflect on patient safety experiences.
Approach:
Core to a 3-year, 5-country, European project was development of the SLIPPS (Sharing Learning from Practice for Patient Safety) Learning Event Recording Tool (SLERT). Tool construction drew on literature, theory, multinational and multidisciplinary experience, and involved pretesting and translation. Piloting included assessing usability and an initial exploration of impact via student interviews.
Outcomes:
The final SLERT (provided for readers) is freely available in 5 languages and has face validity for nursing across 5 countries. Student reports (n = 368) were collected using the tool.
Conclusions:
The tool functions well in assisting student learning and for collecting data. Interviews indicated the tool promoted individual learning and has potential for wider clinical teams.
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