Enhancing clinical teaching: Introducing 5 minute preceptor model among nursing students during their obstetrical nursing clinical placement

Abstract

Clinical education is a very important aspect in professional education in nursing. In traditional model (patient centered) of clinical education, Preceptor tend to spend more time related to patient care rather than teaching and spending time with students ( learner centered) for learning activities. To address this issue, a Five-minute preceptor model was introduced in one of the nursing institutions in UAE for the nursing students during their clinical training (n= 33) during obstetrical clinical placement. The main aim of the study is to enhance the clinical learning among the nursing students by adopting five-minute preceptor clinical teaching model. The study undertaken is an interventional study. The intervention introduced and studied revealed that it made direct and indirect impact positively on aspects that was evaluated using Kirkpatrick?s levels of evaluation model. ( Level-I Reactions: Evaluation at this level measures the students? reaction, which focuses on What they felt about the training, Level- II Learning: Evaluation at this level measures the extent resulting increase in Knowledge, skills and attitude, Level –III Transfer: Evaluation at this level measures the extent of behavior and capacity Improvement/ implementation and application due to the training. Level-IV Results: This level of evaluation addresses the success of the training program. The analysis revealed that 80% to 100 % of the students agreed that this five-minute preceptorship has helped them to achieve the clinical learning objectives during their clinical placement. This 5-minute preceptor method of clinical education is well perceived by all students as very interesting and comprehensive method. All the students agreed that this method of teaching has helped to improve self-confidence and critical thinking. Standardized 5MP educational package can be prepared and studied its effectiveness in enhancing the learning before establishing and adopting in the clinical learning setup