title: Evaluating a skills centre: the acquisition of psychomotor skills in nursing--a review of the literature.
abstract: In 1994, as a result of both programme evaluations which identified students' fears and apprehensions about their practical ability, and a review of the literature on skill acquisition, experiential skills teaching was resumed within the faculty. Having invested considerable finance into the reconstruction of a skills centre to teach skills, it is now imperative that its use be formally evaluated. Part of the evaluative process includes a review of the empirical literature on the acquisition of psychomotor skills in nursing. This paper summarizes this review.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Stapleton, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Knight
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*