Investigation of Clinical assessment practices of Educators

Violet Kaonga is Nurse and Midwife Educator in Malawi. She has Masters in Nursing and Midwifery Education, Bachelors Degree in Health Services Management, Diploma in Project Design & Implementation and Resource management, University Diploma in Nursing, University Certificate in Midwifery. She loves and believes very much the theory of "caring".

Do you have challenges with assessment of students learning in Nursing and Midwifery clinical practice? This book will provide you some solutions to the commonly faced challenges in clinical practice during teaching and learning. Also, it contains information which prompted the author to come up with this research study; the practiced standards that were being followed and challenges faced by nurses and midwives educators who were implementing the program. In addition, the book shows important data which has been quoted and cited from different scholars. This includes: research studies on assessment methods, evidence based assessment tools that nurses and midwives use in the clinical practice, the Principles and practices of assessment of students in various education levels, importance of formative and summative assessment, the reliability and validity of assessment methods and tools. The information written in this book is evidence based, and may assist nurses and midwives educators on how to assess students in the clinical practice so that they produce practitioners who will provide quality nursing and midwifery care. I wish you all the best as you read this book.