Author:
Amila Amila,Hasibuan Eva Kartika,Sinurat Lasma Rina
Abstract
Introduction: Mini-CEX (Mini Clinical Evaluation Exercise) is a method of evaluation to assess the clinical skills of students through direct observation and provide constructive feedback. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Mini-CEX towards clinical competency achievement in neurological examination of clinical practice nursing students at General Hospital Medan.Methods: The research design was quasi experiment with the post-test only with control group approach. The samples were 60 respondents who divided into two groups: 27 respondents in the control group, and 33 respondents in the intervention group. Samples were chosen using the total sampling method.This study used the Mini-CEX to evaluate competency of nursing students and firstly developed in Indonesian by Nursing Study Program in Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta. The data were analyzed by descriptive and Mann Whitney test.Results :The study showed that mean score of neurological examination competence in the intervention group (77±8.33) was higher than the control group (68.19 ±7.53). There were significant differences of the clinical competency between two groups of samples with p value 0.000 (p<0.05). Conclusions : Clinical practice nursing students competency were improved using Mini-CEX method. It is recommended that the nursing study program use Mini-CEX method to evaluate clinical nursing practice so that student’s learning competency is increasing.
Publisher
The Association of Indonesian Nurse Education Center
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