Effect of Rubric versus Traditional Clinical Assessment on Maternity Nursing Students' Self-Efficacy, Satisfaction and Achievement

Abstract

Abstract: Clinical performance assessment of nursing students represent challenge even for the experienced nursing educators because of subjectivity. Rubric assessment provide consistency in evaluation reduces subjectivity and enhances objectivity. Aim of the study: to evaluate the effect of rubric versus traditional clinical assessment on maternity nursing student's self-efficacy, satisfaction and achievement. A quasi-experimental research design was used. A purposive sample technique was used to recruit to recruit 206 nursing students at Maternity and gynecology nursing department at academic year 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. The present study was conducted at Maternity and gynecology nursing department at Faculty of Nursing at Ain Shams University. Four tools of data collection fist tool was self-administrative questionnaire, second tool was nursing competency self-efficacy scale, third tool was undergraduate nursing students' academic satisfaction scale, and fourth tool was traditional clinical assessment tool (for control group) / Rubric assessment tool (for study group). Results: reveals that there is no statistical significant difference between control group and intervention group regarding their self-efficacy scale and academic satisfaction scale at the beginning of semester (clinical training). While, there is a highly statistical significant difference between control group and intervention group regarding their self-efficacy scale and academic satisfaction scale at the end of second clinical area, and at the end of semester (clinical training) . In addition, there is a highly statistical significant difference between control group and intervention group regarding their clinical achievement in summative and formative assessment. Conclusion: Student's self-efficacy, satisfaction and clinical achievement were statistically higher among rubric assessment group than traditional assessment group. Recommendation: application of rubric assessment as an integral part of undergraduate nursing students' clinical evaluation system.