THE EFFECT OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM ON CLINICAL TEACHING SKILLS FOR FACULTY ASSISTANTS

Abstract

Clinical practice is a vital component of the nursing curriculum and has been acknowledged as being central to nursing education. Based on this general premise, there is agreement that nursing curriculum should be directed towards improvement of clinical competencies of nursing students. The quality of the clinical experience is often directly related to the quality of the clinical instructor. The faculty assistants play a major role in the development of students in the clinical training, who are prepared to deliver safe, and effective nursing care. Therefore, the study aimed at assessing the effect of a training program on clinical teaching skills for the faculty assistants through: assessing knowledge of the faculty assistants related to clinical teaching skills, assessing performance of the faculty assistants at clinical setting, designing an educational training program based on their need assessment, implementing the designed program and assessing the effect of the program on their clinical teaching skills. The study was implemented on 50 faculty assistants staff at different specialties: Medical/Surgical Nursing, Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing and Nursing Administration, at different clinical units, at Ain Shams University hospitals, where nurse students are trained.