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Journal of Nursing & Care | ISSN: 2167-1168 | Volume 7
3
rd
World Congress on
May 16-17, 2018 | Montreal, Canada
Nursing Education, Practice & Research
Using academic reflection for examination in simulated environment
Elenita Forsberg
and
Karin Rasmussson
Halmstad University, Sweden
I
n nursing education, in semester four of six, in the course of 10 weeks clinical practice the final individual exam has
developed. The aim was to deepen the clinical reasoning and make it more visible. The aim was also to give the student
the possibility to reflect on the learning objectives, to identify additional knowledge needs and progression, which is a kind
of learning recommended by higher education in Sweden. The academic reflection should have a clear purpose and show
evidence of learning. Such a reflection requires that the student can use theory from the education to describe, explain and
discuss critical events and their importance to future professional practice. Two classes with 75 nursing students participated in
the study. One pair of students conducted a complex scenario in simulated environment during one hour including feedback.
Another pair observed the scenario for identifying clinical reasoning, patient safety and team work. Then the pairs changed
roles. Afterwards the students were instructed to make an academic reflection on their learning and progression based on
seven open questions in a learning platform survey. Qualitative content analysis was used for data analysis. Students expressed
that the scenarios trained the ability to manage acute situations, team communication, plan and prioritize nursing actions and
prepare for future profession. The students felt that it was an excellent form of examination as the academic reflection forced
the student to be aware of individual strengths and weaknesses and on the basis of this identify lack of knowledge.
Biography
Elenita Forsberg has completed her PhD in 2014 at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. The titel of the thesis is Virtual Patients for assessment of clinical reasoning.
She works as a senior lecturer in nursing at Halmstad University. Karin Rasmusson, MSc 2016. The titel is; Develop and evaluate a matrix for the assessment of
nursing students clinical reasoning: a pilot study. She works as a lecturer in nursing and as a instructor in full-scale simulatortraining at Halmstad University.
elenita.forsberg@hh.seElenita Forsberg et al., J Nurs Care 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C3-070