Training Program for Improving Clinical Teaching Knowledge as a Competence of Clinical Instructors

Sally Shaapan Mallek^1, and Wafaa Abd El-Azeem El-Hosany¹

¹Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Egypt

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Sally Shaapan Mallek and Wafaa Abd El-Azeem El-Hosany. Training Program for Improving Clinical Teaching Knowledge as a Competence of Clinical Instructors. American Journal of Nursing Research. 2020; 8(3):379-391. doi: 10.12691/ajnr-8-3-8

Abstract

Background: The clinical teaching is a complex interaction between students and teachers. The quality of the student- teacher interaction in the clinical field can either facilitate or hinder the students' integration of theory to practice. The study aimed to assess the effect of training program on clinical teaching knowledge of the clinical instructors at faculty of nursing, Suez Canal University. Design: A quasi-experimental study design. Setting: The study was conducted in Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University. Sample: Convenient sample were included all clinical instructors (43) who participate in students' clinical teaching during the academic years 2016/2017 and 2017/2018.Tools: Tool (1): Self-Need Assessment Sheet which included two parts. Part I: personnel data of clinical instructors, Part II: it contains question about the needs related to clinical teaching knowledge. Tool (2): Self-administered clinical teaching knowledge questionnaire. The results: There was statistical significant difference (p≤0.01) between mean scores of the clinical instructors in relation to their total clinical teaching knowledge throughout the three phases of the program (pre, post & follow up).Also, there were statistically significant relations between clinical instructors' characteristics of specialty and their knowledge level. Conclusion: the clinical teaching knowledge of clinical instructors was improved post and follow- up implementation of the program compared to pre implementation of the program. Recommendation: Continuous assessment of clinical instructors' learning needs and monitoring their performance and develop a clinical teaching efficacy scale to evaluate clinical nursing instructors based on the attributes of rules and their capabilities.

Keywords:
training program clinical teaching clinical instructors

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