Construction of core competence evaluation index system for clinical teachers of specialty nurses

Objective To construct an index system for evaluating the core competence of clinical teachers, and provide a scientific and objective basis for the selection, training, assessment and management of clinical teachers. Methods Delphi method was used to conduct two rounds of consultation among 21 experts of administrive management, nursing management, nursing education and clinical nursing fields from January 2016 to July 2016. Core competence evaluation index for clinical teachers of specialty nurses was set up and the weights of indexes in all levels were assigned. Results The evaluation indexes finally set up contained 6 first-grade indexes such as clinical practice ability, teaching ability, scientific research ability, professional development ability, organization and management ability and critical thiking ability; 19 second-grade indexes and 52 third-grade indexes. The active coefficients of experts in two rounds were 91.3% and 100%; the mean degree of familiarity of experts was 0.971; the mean authority coefficient was 0.943; and the cooperation indexes of two rounds were 0.319 and 0.323 (P<0.01). Conclusions The opinions of experts are reasonable and the results are credible. Combind with the results of previous studies, this study constructs the index system for evaluating the core competence and enriches the clinical nursing teaching theory. This study provides a solid foundation for further constructions of evaluation systems in the future. Key words: Delphi method; Specialty nurses; Core competence; Clinical teachers; Evaluation index system