Assessing and monitoring clinical practice of undergraduate nursing students: a middle eastern context
This paper presents an innovative Weekly Clinical Skills Progress (WCSP) tool to support the assessment of undergraduate nursing students in their clinical placements. The WCSP tool was implemented at the University of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ) Nursing Program in Spring 2024 to address inconsistencies...
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| description | This paper presents an innovative Weekly Clinical Skills Progress (WCSP) tool to support the assessment of undergraduate nursing students in their clinical placements. The WCSP tool was implemented at the University of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ) Nursing Program in Spring 2024 to address inconsistencies in assessment documentation related to the absence of clearly defined proficiency levels in clinical courses. The UCQ clinical faculty trialed the newly developed WCSP tool on eighty-seven third-year nursing students enrolled in the clinical course Nursing Practice for High Acuity and Chronic Conditions. These students were divided into 11 groups, each consisting of six to seven members per instructor, and were placed in various medical-surgical clinical sites throughout Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Qatar. During the course implementation and following, feedback from faculty, students and buddy nurses indicated the WCSP tool clarified the clinical goals, enabled consensus on clinical proficiency levels according to the course outline, and assessments were more consistent. Though the WCSP tool is still being refined, and more qualitative and quantitative research is needed, this paper contributes valuable preliminary results and recommendations that benefit nursing programs worldwide. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5902f43c47974f9184fdfcb8ae552b3d2025-02-03T06:33:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2025-02-011210.3389/fmed.2025.15242301524230Assessing and monitoring clinical practice of undergraduate nursing students: a middle eastern contextShehnaaz MohamedNganga SinnasamySumayya AnsarMeagan LaRiviereThis paper presents an innovative Weekly Clinical Skills Progress (WCSP) tool to support the assessment of undergraduate nursing students in their clinical placements. The WCSP tool was implemented at the University of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ) Nursing Program in Spring 2024 to address inconsistencies in assessment documentation related to the absence of clearly defined proficiency levels in clinical courses. The UCQ clinical faculty trialed the newly developed WCSP tool on eighty-seven third-year nursing students enrolled in the clinical course Nursing Practice for High Acuity and Chronic Conditions. These students were divided into 11 groups, each consisting of six to seven members per instructor, and were placed in various medical-surgical clinical sites throughout Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Qatar. During the course implementation and following, feedback from faculty, students and buddy nurses indicated the WCSP tool clarified the clinical goals, enabled consensus on clinical proficiency levels according to the course outline, and assessments were more consistent. Though the WCSP tool is still being refined, and more qualitative and quantitative research is needed, this paper contributes valuable preliminary results and recommendations that benefit nursing programs worldwide.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1524230/fullnursing studentclinical assessment toolformative assessmentclinical evaluationclinical skills assessmentclinical competence |
| spellingShingle | Shehnaaz Mohamed Nganga Sinnasamy Sumayya Ansar Meagan LaRiviere Assessing and monitoring clinical practice of undergraduate nursing students: a middle eastern context Frontiers in Medicine nursing student clinical assessment tool formative assessment clinical evaluation clinical skills assessment clinical competence |
| title | Assessing and monitoring clinical practice of undergraduate nursing students: a middle eastern context |
| title_full | Assessing and monitoring clinical practice of undergraduate nursing students: a middle eastern context |
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| title_short | Assessing and monitoring clinical practice of undergraduate nursing students: a middle eastern context |
| title_sort | assessing and monitoring clinical practice of undergraduate nursing students a middle eastern context |
| topic | nursing student clinical assessment tool formative assessment clinical evaluation clinical skills assessment clinical competence |
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