Validity and Reliability of Direct Observation of Procedural Skills in Evaluating the Clinical Skills of Nursing Students of Zahedan Nursing and Midwifery School

Mohamad Sahebalzamani; Hojatallah Farahani; mojgan jahantigh

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Validity and Reliability of Direct Observation of Procedural Skills in Evaluating the Clinical Skills of Nursing Students of Zahedan Nursing and Midwifery School

Author(s):

Mohamad Sahebalzamani¹,

Hojatallah Farahani²,

mojgan jahantigh^3,*

1Assistant Professor of Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Tehran, Iran.

2Assistant Professor of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Tehran, Iran.

3MSc of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran.

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 14, issue 2; e93588

Published online:Jan 29, 2012

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jul 28, 2011

Accepted:Sep 15, 2011

How to Cite:Mohamad SahebalzamaniHojatallah Farahanimojgan jahantighValidity and Reliability of Direct Observation of Procedural Skills in Evaluating the Clinical Skills of Nursing Students of Zahedan Nursing and Midwifery School.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.14(2):e93588.

Abstract

Background: To evaluate the validity and reliability of assessing the performance of n ursing students using the Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS).

Materials and Method: This research was conducted on 55 nursing internship students in 8 procedures. A DOPS consisted of an assessor observing a student when performing skills, completing a checklist with the student and providing verbal feedback. The procedures were selected among the core skills of nursing according to the views of faculty members. Content validity, criterion validity (correlation the average scores of nursing clinical and theoretical courses separately with DOPS score, relation of each item with DOPS), construct validity (inspection of internal construction), reliability (examination of internal consistency, inter-rater reliability) were examined.

Results: Correlation of DOPS scores with the theoretical and clinical average scores were 0.117 (p=0.429) and 0.376 (p= 0.008) respectively. There has been a significant relation between each skill and DOPS total score (p= 0.001) that indicates a desired internal construction of the exercise. The reliability of the exercise was measured as 94% by Cronbach alpha coefficient. Minimum and maximum correlation coefficient in the inter-rater reliability were 42% and 84% respectively which were significant in all cases (p=0 .001).

Conclusion: In conclusion, our results showed that DOPS has the validity and reliability for objective evaluation of procedural skills in nursing. [ZJRMS, 2012 14(2): 76-81 ]

Keywords

DOPS

Validity

Reliability

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