title: Using portfolio evaluation for program outcome assessment.
abstract: Portfolio evaluation is an efficient and effective strategy to objectively demonstrate the accomplishment of program objectives using students' perceptions of their academic experiences. A portfolio evaluation tool was developed to quantitatively measure students' perceptions of their achievement of the nursing program's goals and objectives. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 26 portfolio evaluations. Reliability testing showed the tool has high interrater reliability, with Cohen's Kappa >0.80 for most items. Individual achievement of program goals and objectives ranged from 53.6% to 100%. These data will be used in the next formative evaluation of the curriculum to revise program objectives and correspondneing course objectives and assignments.ty
authors.affiliation: Department Chair, Florida Southern College, Nursing Department, Lakeland, FL 33801-5698, USA. mkear@flsouthern.edu
authors.forename: Mavra E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kear
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bear
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D004282:Documentation; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration; D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining / Q000458:organization & administration; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015588:Observer Variation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013850:Thinking; D014956:Writing