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Exploring the Learning Experiences of Filipino Nurse Immigrants New to the U.S. Healthcare Industry
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Smith, Walter L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Precepting, coaching, and mentoring are teaching methods used extensively in nursing education in U.S. healthcare facilities. Filipino nurse immigrants have cultural backgrounds that may influence their experience with and perspectives of these learning interventions. Although Filipino nurse immigrants comprise approximately 0.2% of the population…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nurses, Nursing, Foreign Countries
Simulation Technology in Nursing Education: Student Perceptions
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Panunto, Karen L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Nursing education programs are faced with the challenge of providing students with the necessary skills to function in a fast paced, high technological environment. To address this challenge, the current trend in nursing education is to integrate the use of high-fidelity simulation technology into the curricula although there has been limited…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Student Attitudes, Nursing Students, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
Medical School Application Interview Score Has Limited Predictive Validity for Performance on a Fourth Year Clinical Practice Examination
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Basco, William T., Jr.; Lancaster, Carol J.; Gilbert, Gregory E.; Carey, Maura E.; Blue, Amy V. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2008
Background and purpose: Data supporting the predictive validity of the medical school admission interview are mixed. This study tested the hypothesis that the admission interview is predictive of interpersonal interactions between medical students and standardized patients. Method: We determined correlations between admission interview scores and…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Medical Education, Medical Students, Medical Schools
Investigating Gender-Related Construct-Irrelevant Components of Scores on the Written Assessment Exercise of a High-Stakes Certification Assessment
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Boulet, John R.; McKinley, Danette W. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
The ECFMG[R] Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA[R]) was developed to evaluate whether graduates of international medical schools (IMGs) are ready to enter graduate training programs in the United States. The patient note (PN) exercise is specifically used to assess a candidate's ability to summarize and synthesize the data collected in a simulated…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Medical Schools, Program Effectiveness, Statistical Analysis
Assessing the Written Communication Skills of Medical School Graduates
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Boulet, John R.; Rebbecchi, Thomas A.; Denton, Elizabeth C.; McKinley, Danette W.; Whelan, Gerald P. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2004
The ECFMG[R] Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA[R]) was developed to evaluate whether graduates of international medical schools (IMGs) are ready to enter graduate training programs in the United States. The patient note (PN) exercise, conducted after a 15-minute interview with a standardized patient (SP), is specifically used to assess a candidate's…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Medical Education, Graduate Study, Medical Schools