Authors
School of Nursing & Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Abstract
Introduction: In clinical nursing education, evaluation is mostly the instructors` responsibility.
This process causes challenges for both instructors and students. It seems that, a way to
confront these challenges is to use multi-rater evaluation. The aim of this study is to investigate
the experiences and viewpoints of nursing instructors of multi-rater evaluation in the clinical
evaluation of nursing students.
Method: This is a qualitative, descriptive study. Study samples were 14 nursing faculty
members from nursing schools of Medical Sciences Universities in Tehran. They were selected
by purposive sampling to the point of data saturation. Data was gathered through semistructured
interviews. Data was analyzed by latent qualitative content analysis. First, each
interview was read several times and the meaning units were found. Then, coding was done.
Codes were categorized based on their similarities and themes, and created the categories.
Results: Data analysis showed 3 themes including instructors centralization, challenges, and
ability.
Conclusion: The results of the current study showed most participants believed that the
instructors have the most important role in student evaluation. Among other people, clinical
nurses and students were also mentioned the participants argued about some challenges these
groups face and discussed their ability to participate in the evaluation. It is obvious that multirater
evaluation, in the clinical evaluation of nursing students, has positive aspects, but
implementing this method needs planning and preparation.
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