Academic evaluation, management and satisfaction of clinical practicums among undergraduate students: software CliPrAS@UB

Nurse Educ Pract. 2021 Jul:54:103133. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103133. Epub 2021 Jun 24.

Abstract

Aim/objective: To determine the development of competency acquisition, the satisfaction of the agents involved and recording incidents with a digital platform CliPrAS @UB on the Clinical Placements I and II courses in the second and third years of the Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.

Background: The teaching of clinical practice subjects requires an analysis of the competence evolution, a management structure and an analysis of the satisfaction of the agents involved in the subject.

Design: Prospective, analytical, observational cohort study.

Methods: The study was carried out in a public university center in Barcelona with 387 students distributed in nine centers of the network of Health Institutions.

Results: An increase of 2.32 points was observed in the competence dimensions of Professional Practice and with a reduction in the average score in the skills of care provision, therapeutic communication and professional development of more than 0.08 points. Regarding the seminars, a reduction of the average global score of 0.58 points was observed.

Conclusions: The use of the CliPrAS @ UB computer platform has improved the implementation of the mandatory documents, the recording of incidents and the overall satisfaction of the students.

Keywords: Clinical competency; Clinical practice; Mentoring; Nursing student.

Publication types

  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Competence
  • Humans
  • Personal Satisfaction
  • Preceptorship*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Software
  • Students
  • Students, Nursing*