title: A student evaluation workshop with rural nursing preceptors.
abstract: Increasingly, clinicians and faculty members are motivated to provide students quality preceptorship placements in rural areas, particularly in light of the potential for recruitment of new graduates to underserved areas. Invariably, student performance evaluation is an onerous task for many preceptors and one in which they often feel ill-prepared. Rural preceptors may face additional challenges given the lesser availability of educational resources and professional development. In this article, the authors detail the development, pilot testing, and evaluation of a workshop on student evaluation that was created in collaboration with rural nurse preceptors.
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta, Level 3, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405 87 Avenue, Edmonton Alberta, Canada T6G 1C9. olive.yonge@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Olive
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yonge
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Myrick
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000416:Alberta; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000379:methods*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D024382:Professional Role; D016730:Program Development; D012423:Rural Health / Q000193:education*; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000078329:Workforce