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The evaluation of public health nursing students’ skill achievement levels by educational improvement
Author(s) -
Suzuki Yoshimi,
Saito Emiko,
Kishi Emiko,
Sawai Minako,
Kakemoto Satori,
Igarashi Chiyo,
Nakada Harumi,
Asahara Kiyomi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/phn.12388
Subject(s) - christian ministry , test (biology) , public health , public health nursing , nursing , medical education , significant difference , psychology , welfare , sample (material) , student achievement , achievement test , academic achievement , medicine , mathematics education , standardized test , political science , paleontology , chemistry , chromatography , law , biology
Objective This study aimed to evaluate the educational improvement outcomes after introducing undergraduate public health nursing electives from the perspective of students, teachers, and public health nurses. Design and Sample Post‐test design with control group was used. We surveyed three groups of participants on the relevance of achieved skill items. These groups were as follows: fourth‐year students, teaching staff from seven universities, and public health nurses from special districts of Tokyo who had pioneered the introduction of public health nursing electives. Measures The three participant groups were surveyed in 2013 and 2014 to compare the students’ levels of achievement in the 98 skill items presented by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. Practical training introduced educational reform in 2014. Anonymous self‐administrated questionnaires were used. Results The mean achievement rates of the 98 items in 2013 and 2014 were 67.9% and 72.6%, respectively, for students; 40.9% and 59.7% for teachers; and 44.4% and 59.4% for PHN s. A significant difference was observed between ratios of 2013 and 2014 in all three groups. Conclusions The results demonstrated that the introduction of educational reform increased the achievement rates of students through the electives.