Study on evaluation index and evaluation mode of core competence of postgraduate in Master of Nursing Specialist / 中华护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the nursing experts' perspectives on evaluation index and evaluation mode of core competence of postgraduate in Master of Nursing Specialist (MNS).Methods The evaluation indexes as well as the evaluation modes of core competences of postgraduates in MNS were summed up on the basis of the national relevant policies,site investigation and literature analysis.From February 2017 to April 2017,online survey was carried out in experts with experience of cultivating MNS using convenience sampling.Results A total of 85 nursing experts completed the questionnaires.The results showed that the importance scores of 5 first-class,and 17 second-class indexes of the core competences were higher than 4.5.The top three evaluation modes were:Mini Clinical Evaluation Exercise,Objective Structure Clinical Examination and Nursing Ward Round.It was suggested that the clinical nursing competence and the ethical decision-making were mainly evaluated at the examination of clinical ability,the clinical research and education ability were mainly evaluated at the end of the course,and the nursing management ability was mainly assessed during the clinical study.Besides,the evaluations of the clinical nursing competence,the ethical decision-making competence and the nursing management ability were largely relying on clinical teachers,the clinical research and the education ability were mainly relying on supervisor group.Conclusion This research reaches consensus on the evaluation indlicators and the relative evaluation modes for the core competences of postgraduates in MNS,and can provide references for evaluation of MNS in China.