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Batool Mohammadi, Susan Valizadeh, Sima Lak Dizeji,
Volume 3, Issue 1 (6-2003)
Abstract
Introduction. Learning clinical skills at the bedside is one of the best educational methods which mainly depends on clinical instructors’ characteristics. It seems that teaching by qualified and competent instructors can enable students to reach their maximum capability. This research was designed to study the effect of teaching on knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing and midwifery instructors concerning effective behaviors at clinical teaching.
Methods. This was a quasi-experimental research which studied all nursing and midwifery instructors (N=25) at Tabriz University. The research was designed as one group and two stages which assessed knowledge, attitude and practice of instructors before and two months after running the educational program (two days workshop). The data collecting tool was a questionnaire including four sections. The scientific validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by content validity and its reliability was evaluation by split-half method. In addition to instructors, the forth section of the questionnaire concerning performance, was also completed by the students who were under the supervision of trained instructors before and two months after the workshop. The results were analyzed by SPSS 9 software and using paired t-test, relative frequency, mean and standard deviation.
Results. According to the results, participation of instructors in educational workshops had a positive effect on increasing knowledge and improving their attitude toward clinical teaching behaviors. Moreover, according to the viewpoints of instructors and students, their performance scores increased after education. But, no significant difference between the mean of performance score of instructors before and after workshop was observed. Based on students' viewpoints, instructors' performance in assessing students showed a significant difference.
Conclusion. Considering the positive effects of education on knowledge and attitude of the instructors, providing education and an appropriate background in clinical environment for employing effective behaviors seems necessary. The results of this research can be used in designing a valid evaluation tool for assessing the effectiveness of clinical education and the educational performance of clinical instructors
Marzie Moattari, Mahin Moghaddasi, Masoud Mousavi Nasab, Asghar Razavieh,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (12-2006)
Abstract
Introduction: The instructors’ clinical teaching behaviors need to be monitored and improved during educational process. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a three day educational workshop about clinical teaching and evaluation on effective clinical teaching behaviors of clinical instruc-tors at faculty of Nursing and Midwifery in Shiraz. Methods: All clinical nursing instructor who had been involved in clinical teaching at least for four months (n=39), participated In this quasi-experimental research with two group post-test only design. They were divided randomly into two experiment (n=19) and control (n=20) groups. The experiment group participated in a pre-planned three day educational workshop about clinical teaching and evaluation.Two months later, all of the students who were involved in clinical experiences (n=588) were asked to evaluate their clinical teachers using a questionnaire consisting of 21 items about effective clinical teaching behaviors. The mean scores for teaching behaviors were compared by independent t-test using SPSS software. Results: The mean scores of the experiment group were significantly higher than the control group. Furthermore, the experiment group significantly differed from the control group in six educational behaviors including conducting effective clinical conferences, providing positive feedback and reinforcement, encouraging students to think, analyzing and rational criticizing, being flexible, facilitating students’ self-evaluation, and asking stimulating questions.But no significant difference was observed in other 15 educa-tional behaviors. Conclusion: Participation in clinical education workshop had a positive effect on instructors’ efffective clinical teaching behaviors, and made them to apply some educational principles. To improve other effective clinical teaching behaviors, program organizers and directors should provide appropriate situations in order to facilitate the application of instructors’ knowledge and skills in clinical teaching.
