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Promoting
Positive Backwash Effect on Learning: An Organizational Change |
The aim of this sub-project is to change existing
assessment practices through organizational change
in order to bring about a positive backwash effect
on student learning.
The objectives are to:
- Review the clinical assessment in practice
based on the constructive alignment model.
- Revise the existing clinical assessment
practices, focusing on designing
criterion-referenced assessment and developing
criteria using the SOLO taxonomy.
- Conduct staff development to facilitate
conceptual and practical change of the clinical
assessors.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the
organizational change.
Full
Version of the Sub-project Proposal
Highlights of Project Outcomes
- The qualitative analysis of the focus group
interviews with three groups of nursing students
and two groups of clinical instructors was
conducted.
- The students and clinical instructors were
generally positive about the use of clinical
problem-based learning to facilitate learning
during the clinical practicum.
- The positive effect of the clinical
problem-based learning method on student learning
was obvious in the students’ reports. Students
reported that they were more active in their
learning and the examples cited were
self-initiated assessment of own learning needs,
undertaking self-directed learning, conducting
extensive literature search and taking
responsibility for cooperative group learning.
According to the students, knowledge acquired
through clinical problem-based learning was
retained longer, easier to recall when required,
and more applicable to clinical practice.
Some typical feedback from students:
- “Overall is satisfactory. It depends on the
named-nurse herself. Some of them are willing to
teach. Some of them just ignore us.”
- “This model also can train students to be more
initiative and motivated.”
- “This is a very good way of learning. I hope
that this model will continue to other - hospitals.”
- “Easy to get along with, we have lots of
chances to speak out our opinions.”
- “I think HKU graduates can understand our
needs than other named-nurse.”
- “Can practice faster and in a more effective
approach.”
Sub-project
Report
Deliverables
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