Teaching and learning clinical reasoning in nursing education : a student training course

Leal, Paula (author), Poeira, Ana (author), Arvelos Mendes, Diana (author), Batalha, Nara (author), Franco, Hugo (author), Nunes, Lucília (author), Marques, Fernanda (author), Pađen, Ljubiša (author), Stefaniak, Małgorzata (author), Pérez-Perdomo, Ana (author)

Clinical reasoning is an essential component of nursing. It has emerged as a concept that integrates the core competencies of quality and safety education for nurses. In cooperation with five European partners, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (IPS) realized the “Clinical Reasoning in Nursing and Midwifery Education and Practice” project as part of the Erasmus+ project. As a partner, our team designed a multiplier event - the student training course. The aim of this report is to describe the construction and development of this clinical reasoning training course for nursing students. We outline the pedagogical approach of an undergraduate training course on clinical reasoning in 2023, which we separated into four stages: (i) welcoming, (ii) knowledge exploration,(iii) pedagogical learning, and (iv) sharing experience. This paper presents the learning outcomes of the collaborative reflection on and integration of the clinical reasoning concept among nursing students. This educational experience fostered reflection and discussion within the teaching team of the nursing department regarding the concept, models, and teaching/learning methods for clinical reasoning, with the explicit inclusion of clinical reasoning content in the nursing curriculum. We highlight the importance of implementing long-term pedagogical strategies in nursing education.

• Language: English
• Keywords: clinical reasoning, nursing education, nursing students, teaching
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.03 - Other scientific articles
• Organization: ZF - Faculty of Health Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 19.06.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 9 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 12, issue 12, art. 1219
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-158677
• UDC: 616-083:378
• ISSN on article: 2227-9032
• DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12121219
• COBISS.SI-ID: 199346179
• Publication date in RUL: 19.06.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Healthcare
• Shortened title: Healthcare
• Publisher: MDPI AG
• ISSN: 2227-9032
• COBISS.SI-ID: 520110873

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Project number: 2021-1-BE02-KA220-HED-000023194
• Name: Clinical reasoning in nursing/midwifery education and clinical practice
• Acronym: KA220 HED