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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | e55-e65 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Nurse Education in Practice |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2013 |
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- measurement
- nursing practice
- patient safety
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Safety in numbers 5 : evaluation of computer-based authentic assessment and high fidelity simulated OSCE environments as a framework for articulating a point of registration medication dosage calculation benchmark. / Sabin, M.; Weeks, K.; Rowe, David; Hutton, M.; Coben, D.; Hall, C.; Woolley, Norman.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Safety in numbers 5
T2 - Nurse Education in Practice
AU - Sabin, M.
AU - Weeks, K.
AU - Rowe, David
AU - Hutton, M.
AU - Coben, D.
AU - Hall, C.
AU - Woolley, Norman
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - This paper reports a key educational initiative undertaken by NHS Education for Scotland (NES), based upon recommendations from a ‘Numeracy in Healthcare’ consultation. We report here the design of a web-based technical measurement authentic assessment environment evolved from the safeMedicate suite of programs that provided a model for an environment within which a medication dosage calculation problem-solving (MDC-PS) benchmark could be articulated. A sample of 63 third-year pre-registration nursing students was recruited from four participating universities in the UK. A counterbalanced design was employed where the virtual authentic assessment environment was evaluated for internal consistency reliability and criterion-related validity against an objective structured clinical assessment (OSCE) undertaken in high-fidelity simulated clinical environments. Outcome measures indicated an extremely high internal consistency of the web-based environment. It was concluded that the combination of a web-based authentic assessment environment and further assessment of safe technical measurement interpretation and dexterity in a practice/practice simulation setting, populated with a benchmark and a criterion referenced rubric validated by the profession, is an innovative, viable, valid and reliable assessment method for the safe administration of medicines. As a result, the rubric for assessment of the appropriate range of calculation type and complexity informed the NMC’s revised Essential Skills Clusters for Medicines Management (NMC, 2010a; NMC, 2010b). This inclusion provides a particularly strong example of both research directly influencing policy and of evidence-based regulation.
AB - This paper reports a key educational initiative undertaken by NHS Education for Scotland (NES), based upon recommendations from a ‘Numeracy in Healthcare’ consultation. We report here the design of a web-based technical measurement authentic assessment environment evolved from the safeMedicate suite of programs that provided a model for an environment within which a medication dosage calculation problem-solving (MDC-PS) benchmark could be articulated. A sample of 63 third-year pre-registration nursing students was recruited from four participating universities in the UK. A counterbalanced design was employed where the virtual authentic assessment environment was evaluated for internal consistency reliability and criterion-related validity against an objective structured clinical assessment (OSCE) undertaken in high-fidelity simulated clinical environments. Outcome measures indicated an extremely high internal consistency of the web-based environment. It was concluded that the combination of a web-based authentic assessment environment and further assessment of safe technical measurement interpretation and dexterity in a practice/practice simulation setting, populated with a benchmark and a criterion referenced rubric validated by the profession, is an innovative, viable, valid and reliable assessment method for the safe administration of medicines. As a result, the rubric for assessment of the appropriate range of calculation type and complexity informed the NMC’s revised Essential Skills Clusters for Medicines Management (NMC, 2010a; NMC, 2010b). This inclusion provides a particularly strong example of both research directly influencing policy and of evidence-based regulation.
KW - measurement
KW - nursing practice
KW - patient safety
U2 - 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.10.009
DO - 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.10.009
M3 - Article
VL - 13
SP - e55-e65
JO - Nurse Education in Practice
JF - Nurse Education in Practice
SN - 1471-5953
IS - 2
ER -