Comparison of Standardized Patient and Faculty Agreement in Evaluating Nursing Students' Assessment and Communication Skills.
10.7739/jkafn.2017.24.3.189
- Author:
Young Ju KIM
1
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea. yjkim727@sungshin.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Patient simulation;
Communication;
Nursing education;
Inter-observer variation
- MeSH:
Checklist;
Education, Nursing;
Humans;
Nursing Assessment;
Nursing*;
Observer Variation;
Patient Simulation;
Social Skills;
Students, Nursing;
Thorax
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2017;24(3):189-199
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to examine the level of agreement between a standardized patient (SP) and a faculty member in the evaluation of nursing students'assessment and communication skills. METHODS: Participants were 51 third year nursing students in a simulation practice of ‘nursing care for a patient admitted with chest pain’. Using a 30-item checklist and a 16-item communication tool, a SP and faculty member evaluated the students' assessment and communication skills during the simulation. RESULTS: The average values for percent agreement and kappa statistic for nursing assessment between the two evaluators were 85.3% and .48 respectively. Twenty of thirty items evaluating assessment skill had above moderate agreement (≥.41) by kappa between the evaluators. Seven of sixteen items evaluating communication and interpersonal skills showed above fair agreement (≥.40) between the two evaluators, which was measured by intraclass correlation coefficient. CONCLUSION: The findings show that the evaluation of the SP was consistent with those of the faculty member to a moderate degree. Clear guidelines for evaluating criteria and optimal time and effort for SP training are necessary to increase the reliability of standardized patients as evaluators in simulation-based nursing education.
