This allowed them to observe their strengths and weaknesses in the development of the course competencies.
Learning outcomes were determined from student projects and formative assessment was used to help students recognize their strengths and weaknesses as they developed course competencies.
This clinical education model, developed though collaborative work by nursing practice and education representatives throughout the state, moves away from a "random access opportunity" model of clinical education reliant on "total patient care" experiences to an intentional design of clinical learning activities based on course competencies appropriate to student level.
It consisted of using the Infection Control Assessment Tool ICATT) developed by USAID and Management Sciences for Health, and the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework (HHSAF); these validated tools aligned with course competencies.
This operation takes as input a Course competency profile such as the one shown on Figure 9 and produces a Competency self-evaluation questionnaire.
To identify the content details, a systematic literature search in Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Library with the key terms "student, education, training, curriculum, course, competency, disaster, catastrophe, mass casualty, medicine, medical, preparedness, plans, and outcome" was conducted.
Pre- and post-course competency and skills with medication reconciliation/optimization are evaluated by assessing student ability to identify and resolve medication-related problems (MRPs) in case-based assignments using paired difference tests.
An internet search with the terms disaster, mass casualty, MCI, chemical, biological, radiological, CBRNE, NBC, WMD, hazmat, merged with training, education, course and competencies was conducted in January 2006 to identify existing competencies or courses for healthcare workers in disasters outside of the peer-reviewed literature.
Outcomes will look less binary as these apps allow students to articulate their capabilities along a continuum of course level competencies, badges and certificates.
Electronic database searching of PubMed and the Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE) used key terms including disaster, mass casualty, training, education, course and competencies.
The atomic part skills would allow the framework to be aligned with courses and competencies.
