Multi-modal Assessment in Nursing Education: Linking Learning to Professional Self, Study notes of Nursing

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Multi-modal Assessment

Assessment Case Study

Alan Ramsay - Using multi-modal assessment to link

learning to Nursing students’ evolving professional self.

About this subject

NS1771 Introduction to Professions Internal on-campus & external blended mode (limited attendance) Townsville, Cairns, Mackay & Mount Isa Campus Co-ordinator Alan Ramsay Bachelor of Nursing Science, Diploma of Health The role of the nurse and midwife within the healthcare team is also explored and students are encouraged to examine their own concept of being a healthcare professional. Evidence-based practice is introduced as a foundation for professional practice. In doing so the subject builds and extends students’ knowledge and skills to prepare them for future professional situations. There are strong opportunities for students to apply feedback to their performance in subsequent assessment tasks and to reflect on their feedback productively (see Assessment Task 4). Assessment tasks and their rubrics are aligned to learning outcomes. The coordinator wanted this subject to be highly authentic and relevant to future nurses and midwives. The subject introduces the evolution of nursing and midwifery as professional disciplines. Understanding this evolution helps student to examine historical and contemporary professional, political and regulatory influences on the development of the field.

Learning outcomes

✦ Examine how events in history have influenced the development of nursing and midwifery.

✦ Describe the role of the nurse and midwife in the context of the healthcare team.

✦ Outline the role of professional and statutory authorities in the regulation of the health professions.

✦ Discuss the concept of evidence-based practice.

✦ Establish a professional portfolio to support personal and professional development.

Challenges

Nurses need to be able to work effectively as part of a professional healthcare team (with doctors and allied health professionals). Feedback from graduates of nursing degrees suggest that to be effective nurses, you must:

✦ Have a sound working knowledge of how professional and statutory authorities regulate their

actions as nurses.

✦ Use the language of the profession to advocate for themselves, their professional opinions and

their patients.

✦ Think and communicate objectively, dispassionately and in a non-biased way when interacting with

doctors and other allied health professionals.

✦ Use evidenced-based practice.

Technologies

✦ Podcasts/ vodcasts (visual) are used to explain assessment tasks and how to approach them.

✦ Interactive games such as Kahoot are used to provoke engagement with subject content

(gets competitive).

✦ Collaborate sessions are focused on students’ assessment concerns.

✦ MindMapping software - Students are encouraged to try www.lucidchart.com, www.draw.io or

other applications they may find to create their map.

✦ YouTube - Students use their own phones and to develop their presentations and then upload

to YouTube.

✦ PebblePad - The professional portfolio task requires students to set up an ePortfolio in and

contribute a reflective piece.