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ArticleBMC medical education2024

E-portfolio as an effective tool for improvement of practitioner nurses' clinical competence.

Nastaran Najaffard, Aeen Mohammadi, Rita Mojtahedzadeh, Afagh Zarei

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Article in BMC medical education, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Nastaran NajaffardDepartment of E-learning in Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences; and Clinical Nurse at Imam Sajjad Hospital, Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5830-2867
Aeen MohammadiDepartment of E-Learning in Medical Education, Center of Excellence for E-learning in Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 2, Dolatshahi Alley, Naderi St., Keshavarz BLVD, Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2745-3873
Rita MojtahedzadehDepartment of E-Learning in Medical Education, Center of Excellence for E-learning in Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 2, Dolatshahi Alley, Naderi St., Keshavarz BLVD, Tehran, Iran. r_mojtahedzadeh@tums.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4560-6973
Afagh ZareiEducation Development Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8039-6794

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Abstract

backgroundClinical competence is essential for providing effective patient care. Clinical Governance (CG) is a framework for learning and assessing clinical competence. A portfolio is a work-placed-based tool for monitoring and reflecting on clinical practice. This study aimed to investigate the effect of using an e-portfolio on the practitioner nurses' competence improvement through the CG framework.

methodsThis was a quasi-experimental study with 30 nurses in each intervention and control group. After taking the pretests of knowledge and performance, the participants attended the in-person classes and received the educational materials around CG standards for four weeks. In addition, nurses in the intervention group received the links to their e-portfolios individually and filled them out. They reflected on their clinical practice and received feedback. Finally, nurses in both groups were taken the post-tests.

resultsComparing the pre-and post-test scores in each group indicated a significant increase in knowledge and performance scores. The post-test scores for knowledge and performance were significantly higher in the intervention group than in the control one, except for the initial patient assessment.

conclusionThis study showed that the e-portfolio is an effective tool for the improvement of the nurses' awareness and performance in CG standards. Since the CG standards are closely related to clinical competencies, it is concluded that using portfolios effectively improves clinical competence in practitioner nurses.

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Clinical CompetenceNursesEducation, Nursing, ContinuingHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansLearningClinical governanceE-portfolioNursing, clinical competence

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