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Clinical learning environment of nursing and midwifery students in Ghana
Florence Assibi Ziba
Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Developpement
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Background: Data on student experience of the clinical learning environment in Ghana are scarce. We therefore aimed to assess students’ evaluation of the clinical learning environment and the factors that influence their learning experience.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey of 225 undergraduate nursing and midwifery students. We used the Clinical Learning Environment and Supervision + Nurse Teacher (CLES +T) evaluation scale to assess students’ experience of their clinical placement. The association between student demographic characteristics and clinical placement experience was determined using t-test or ANOVA.
Results: Most of the sampled students were Nurses (67 %) and in the third year of training (81%). More students received supervision from a nurse (57%) during clinical placement and team supervision (67%) was the most common during clinical placement. Nursing students were more likely to rate their clinical experience better than midwifery students (p=0.002). Students who had increased contact with private supervisors were also more likely to rate their experience higher (p=0.002). Clinical experience was also rated higher by students who received successful supervision compared to those who had unsuccessful or team supervision (p=0.001).
Conclusion: Team supervision is high in health facilities where students undertake clinical placement in Ghana. Frequent contact with private supervisor and successful supervision are associated with better rating of clinical experience among Ghanaian undergraduate nursing and midwifery students.
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CLES+T, clinical placement, learning environment, nursing and midwifery, Ghana
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Research article
Clinical learning environment of nursing and midwifery students in Ghana
Florence Assibi Ziba
Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Developpement
Corresponding Author
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Complete author information
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CURRENT STATUS: Published
Version 3
Posted 30 Dec, 2020
No comments provided
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 14 Aug, 2020
Editor assigned
On 04 Aug, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 03 Aug, 2020
Editor invited
On 03 Aug, 2020
No comments provided
Editorial decision: Major revision
On 20 Jul, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 31 Mar, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 17 Mar, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 05 Feb, 2020
Editor assigned
On 30 Jan, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 18 Jan, 2020
Editor invited
On 17 Jan, 2020
First submitted
On 03 Jan, 2020
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PDF Downloads: ...
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Nursing
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This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License. Read Full License
View the published version at BMC Nursing.
Background: Data on student experience of the clinical learning environment in Ghana are scarce. We therefore aimed to assess students’ evaluation of the clinical learning environment and the factors that influence their learning experience.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey of 225 undergraduate nursing and midwifery students. We used the Clinical Learning Environment and Supervision + Nurse Teacher (CLES +T) evaluation scale to assess students’ experience of their clinical placement. The association between student demographic characteristics and clinical placement experience was determined using t-test or ANOVA.
Results: Most of the sampled students were Nurses (67 %) and in the third year of training (81%). More students received supervision from a nurse (57%) during clinical placement and team supervision (67%) was the most common during clinical placement. Nursing students were more likely to rate their clinical experience better than midwifery students (p=0.002). Students who had increased contact with private supervisors were also more likely to rate their experience higher (p=0.002). Clinical experience was also rated higher by students who received successful supervision compared to those who had unsuccessful or team supervision (p=0.001).
Conclusion: Team supervision is high in health facilities where students undertake clinical placement in Ghana. Frequent contact with private supervisor and successful supervision are associated with better rating of clinical experience among Ghanaian undergraduate nursing and midwifery students.