Multisource reflections on assessment of nursing students' first clinical practice and predictions for 360-degree assessment: a qualitative study
Date
2023-12
Authors
Bayzat, Çiğdem
Sarmasoğlu Kılıkçıer, Şenay
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Publisher
Hacettepe Üniversitesi
Abstract
Aim: This study was conducted to explain the current situation regarding the assessment of nursing students during their first clinical practice and to determine the views on 360-degree assessment, an innovative approach, from a multi-source perspective. Material and Methods: In this qualitative case study, individual interviews were conducted with nine instructors, focus group interviews were conducted with twenty-three nursing students, and documents were examined. Data were collected between 7 August 2019–22 November 2020. The data were analyzed in line with the descriptive analysis approach.
Results: While reflections on the current situation were generated in line with the findings obtained from three data sources, the context of predictions on 360-degree assessment was generated in line with the findings obtained from interviews with students and instructors. Reflections on the current situation context are analyzed under assessors, competencies, methods and tools, feedback, challenges, and suggestions themes. Predictions on 360- degree assessment context are analyzed under assessors, frequency, tools, setting, benefits, and challenges themes.
Conclusion: According to the results of the data triangulation, the most important issues regarding the assessment of nursing students during first clinical practice were the high student/instructor ratio and the fact that only instructors are officially assessors. Instructors and students approached positively to the 360-degree assessment, but they also shared some concerns.
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360 assessment , Clinical placement , Multisource feedback , Nursing education , Qualitative research , 360 derece değerlendirme , Çok kaynaklı geribildirim , Hemşirelik eğitimi , Klinik uygulama , Nitel araştırma
Citation
Bayzat, Ç. & Sarmasoğlu Kılıkçıer, Ş. (2023). Multisource reflections on assessment of nursing students' first clinical practice and predictions for 360-degree assessment: a qualitative study. Journal of Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing, 10(3), 273-281.
https://doi.org/10.31125/hunhemsire.1174560
