ACTA FAC MED NAISS 2014;31(4):253-260

Original article

UDC: 614.253.5:37

DOI: 10.2478/afmnai-2014-0031

Comparing the Current and Desired Situation of Midwifery Students' Clinical Evaluation from Tutors' and Students' Viewpoints of Mashhad School of Nursing & Midwifery

Farzaneh Jafarnejad¹, Bibi Leila Hoseini², Seyed Reza Mazloum¹

¹Nursing and Midwifery School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

²Nursing and Midwifery School, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran


SUMMARY

Evaluation is the most important field of efficacy in clinical education. Since knowledge of the current situation is one of the most essential requirements for planning a desirable one and students' and tutors' viewpoints act as a facilitator in this regard, we conducted this study to compare the current and desirable situation of clinical evaluation from the students' and tutors' point of view at Mashhad Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery. In this cross-sectional study, midwifery students and tutors of the Mashhad University of medical sciences were assessed. The researcher – designed questionnaires "current and desirable situation of criteria and methods in clinical evaluation" were approved by content validity and Cronbach's alpha. Descriptive and analytic statistics were used. Total score means of current and desirable criteria in clinical evaluation were: 55.2± 18.0 and 68.4±19.3 (of 100) from students' view, respectively; and: 47.0±18.3 and 72.3± 20.4 (of 100) from tutors' view, respectively. Mean total scores of current and desirable methods in clinical evaluation from students' point of view were: 51.5±17.9 and 56.5±18.3, respectively, and tutors': 55.6±16.0 and 69.5±14.4 (of 100), respectively. The findings showed that the current situation of criteria and methods in midwifery clinical evaluation differs from the desirable situation, i.e. the current status score of criteria and methods is lower than the desirable ones. Therefore, we can improve the current situation with criteria and methods in clinical evaluation by using desirable situation.

Key words: clinical evaluation, current situation, desirable situation, students