title: Planning, designing and developing an assessment tool for a 12-week accident emergency module as part of a pre-registration course: practical account.
abstract: The process of designing and developing an assessment tool for pre-registration students was governed by the need to assess students clinical competence during their 12-week exposure to the Accident and Emergency Department. It took the form of continuous assessment using a competency coding system ensuring criterion reference based assessment.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neary
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D016730:Program Development