Student self-evaluations: how useful? How valid?
Skill in self-evaluation is necessary for life-long learning, for competent performances--in short, for professional practice in the health sciences. In addition, self-evaluation skills can be learned and can be taught, although they are not now purposefully taught in most programs. There is research evidence that self-evaluation is more useful for learners as a formative rather than a summative tool. The purposes of this paper are (a) to provide a critical review of the literature on the accuracy of student self-evaluation and (b) to describe our experience and preliminary research findings at McMaster University regarding the most profitable approach to incorporating self-evaluation in baccalaureate nursing education.
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School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012655:Self-Evaluation Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing