title: The clinical achievement portfolio: an outcomes-based assessment project in nursing education.
abstract: Dynamic healthcare market forces impel educators to search for innovative methods of academic assessment to measure learning outcomes. The clinical achievement portfolio is a creative and systematic tool for documenting continuous improvement of student clinical learning. The authors describe the use of the portfolio as a pilot project aimed at introducing reflective thinking and measuring clinical learning in undergraduate nursing education. Potential benefits of the clinical portfolio and implications for future research are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Rivier-St. Joseph Nursing Program, Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA. olsldr@aol.com
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tracy
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Richo
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009513:New Hampshire; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013850:Thinking