Clinical Competency Assessment for Nursing Students: Identifying Entrustable Professional Activities
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Clinical Competency Assessment, Miller's Pyramid Framework, Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs)Abstract
Competency-based assessment (CBA) aims assess the clinical competency of learners in nursing practices that demonstrates the ability to apply knowledge, skills, attitudes, and professional characteristics according to nursing standards. Clinical competency assessment based on the Miller’s Pyramid Framework using Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) as an innovation assessment framework used in the competency-based nursing education assessment at “the Does level” and “the Identity level”. Clinical competency assessment is workplace-based assessment (WPBA) by direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS). Determining the EPAs to translate the nursing competencies into proficiency levels of the milestones by which nursing students can apply their knowledge, skills, attitudes, and professional behavior in nursing practices by themselves, under direct and proactive supervision, or without supervision and provide supervision to junior trainees.Clinical Competency Assessment for Nursing Students using Entrustable Professional Activities to guide clinical competency assessment for nursing students maximizes patient benefit.
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