1- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran 2- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat-e-Modarres University, Tehran, Iran , mohamade@modares.ac.ir
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Aims: Clinical instructors need competency to play their role effectively and their competency is affected by various interpersonal factors. Most of previous nursing studies have reported individual factors and have paid too little attention to organizational factors. At the same time, evaluating the experience of stakeholders and people who are actively involved in this issue is important in recognition of these factors. Therefore, this study was carried out to explain the experiences of nursing students and instructors on organizational factors affecting the competency of clinical instructors.
Methods: This qualitative study was carried out through content analysis method in Babul Medical University in 2009 by unstructured interviews with 12 nursing students and 10 clinical educators. Data were collected by unstructured interviews and field notes and then were analyzed by contract qualitative content analysis.
Results: 108 original codes were put into 25 concept codes, 7 classes and 3 themes. The main themes were "the stimulation capability of the learning environment" (2 categories), "the students’ inquiry" (2 categories) and "the inefficiency of educational management "(3 categories).
Conclusion: The competency of clinical nursing instructors is influenced by organizational and interpersonal factors including the characteristics of the learning environment, the students’ qualifications and the efficiency of educational management along with the instructor’s individual characteristics. Therefore, it is necessary to implement a competency based system for selection and evaluation of clinical nursing instructors along with considering the above mentioned factors.
Nazari R., Mohammadi E.. Effective organizational factors on a clinical teacher competency a qualitative research. Educ Strategy Med Sci 2012; 4 (4) :165-170 URL: http://edcbmj.ir/article-1-183-en.html