Factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching of student nurse/midwife technicians in Malawi

Clinical teaching is an essential task in the production of competent nurse/midwife technicians. There is the increased disease burden in Malawian hospitals in the face of the shortage of nursing staff and at the same time there is increased student intake in nursing colleges with inadequate faculty...

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Main Author: Chalera, Jane
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Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw:8080/handle/20.500.12845/121
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description Clinical teaching is an essential task in the production of competent nurse/midwife technicians. There is the increased disease burden in Malawian hospitals in the face of the shortage of nursing staff and at the same time there is increased student intake in nursing colleges with inadequate faculty members (Muula & Maseko, 2005). All these factors negatively affect clinical teaching. A quantitative, descriptive cross sectional design in data collection and analysis was used to investigate factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching of student nurse/midwife technicians in Malawi. Structured questionnaires were used on 130 nurse educators who consented to take part in the study. A response rate of 94% was achieved. SPSS version 19.0 was used to analyse the data. Results of this study revealed the factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching as: clinical teaching environment (79.9%, n=104), use of innovative clinical teaching methods(18.6%, n=24), adequate clinical teaching resources (10.2%, n=13), small number of nursing students (71.2, n=93), year of study (44.1%, n=57) and learning outcomes for the clinical setting (54.2%, n=70).Among the recommendations is empowering nursing students to actively participate in their own learning and evaluation of own achievement of clinical objectives as these are critical to their development as competent, self-directing professionals, capable of assuming responsibilities inherent in the ever-changing and expanding health care system.
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spelling oai:nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw:20.500.12845-1212023-03-12T00:00:35Z Factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching of student nurse/midwife technicians in Malawi Chalera, Jane Research Subject Categories::Nursing Education Clinical teaching is an essential task in the production of competent nurse/midwife technicians. There is the increased disease burden in Malawian hospitals in the face of the shortage of nursing staff and at the same time there is increased student intake in nursing colleges with inadequate faculty members (Muula & Maseko, 2005). All these factors negatively affect clinical teaching. A quantitative, descriptive cross sectional design in data collection and analysis was used to investigate factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching of student nurse/midwife technicians in Malawi. Structured questionnaires were used on 130 nurse educators who consented to take part in the study. A response rate of 94% was achieved. SPSS version 19.0 was used to analyse the data. Results of this study revealed the factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching as: clinical teaching environment (79.9%, n=104), use of innovative clinical teaching methods(18.6%, n=24), adequate clinical teaching resources (10.2%, n=13), small number of nursing students (71.2, n=93), year of study (44.1%, n=57) and learning outcomes for the clinical setting (54.2%, n=70).Among the recommendations is empowering nursing students to actively participate in their own learning and evaluation of own achievement of clinical objectives as these are critical to their development as competent, self-directing professionals, capable of assuming responsibilities inherent in the ever-changing and expanding health care system. 2021-02-26T13:21:03Z 2021-11-03T06:49:01Z 2021-02-26T13:21:03Z 2021-11-03T06:49:01Z 2015-11-01 Thesis http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw:8080/handle/20.500.12845/121 en application/pdf
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Factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching of student nurse/midwife technicians in Malawi
title Factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching of student nurse/midwife technicians in Malawi
title_full Factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching of student nurse/midwife technicians in Malawi
title_fullStr Factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching of student nurse/midwife technicians in Malawi
title_full_unstemmed Factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching of student nurse/midwife technicians in Malawi
title_short Factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching of student nurse/midwife technicians in Malawi
title_sort factors that contribute to effective clinical teaching of student nurse/midwife technicians in malawi
topic Research Subject Categories::Nursing Education
url http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw:8080/handle/20.500.12845/121
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