Conference Proceedings - School of Nursing & Midwifery - Trinity ...

School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007
Conference Proceedings
The table below shows the top responses from the category 1
responses. The column on the left shows the overall rank of the
statement within the category, the middle column shows the both
the student response (text) and the numbers reflect how individual
students ranked that statement. The right-hand column illustrates
the number of students who ranked that statement. Data for all
categories are presented in this format.
Table 1: Rank 1 responses
Rank Statement No of
students
1 Useful to learn about some clinical skills that many 32
people had not had the opportunity to practice
1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 5 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 1 2 1 5 4 1 3 1 3
2 1 1 1
2 Allows you to evaluate correct and improve your
faults before practicing on the patient 4 4 5 3 5 4 4 5
2 4 4 1 2 3 5 2 2 5 3 5 4 5 3 2 2 1 5 5
28
3 Think it would be better during rotations not instead
of practice
4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 1 4 3 12
27
4 Good project as it gives students a safe environment
for clinical practice skills 1 4 1 5 2 4 4 2 1 3 3 4 1 5 1
4 2 1 2 3 4 5 2 2 2
25
5 Its good to develop your confidence e.g. urine
sampling, BMs, vital signs
4 5 1 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 3 2 1 3
24
6 Develops communication skills in a safe environment
2 3 4 4 2 3 5 4 3 5 2 4 3 1 4 4 5 1 4 2 3 1 4
23
7 Simulation is a good and safe way to learn new skills,
communication and interventions 1 1 1 1 5 1 4 3 2 4
1 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 5 1 1 3 2
23
8 Smaller groups would have been better, people were
too nervous to speak and take part in the group the
size it was
3 3 4 3 2 3 2 4 2 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 1 4 2 2
22
9 Beneficial if at start of course 3 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 2 5 3 4
1 1 1 2 4 4 2 2 1 4
22
10 Confidence for students prior to placement
2 3 2 5 3 2 3 3 4 3 4 2 5 5 3 5 3 2 4 3
Table 1 therefore represents the most important responses from
students. The spread of students highlighting individual responses
was from 32 to 0, with only one response not being marked by any
students, and only one response marked by one student.
Overwhelmingly, the responses in the top ten ranks of this category
are very positive; ranks 3 and 8 are not negative, but reflect
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