Development of rubrics in nursing education for improving students' communication skills

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26463237
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Science
• Principal Investigator: ENDO Keiko 山形県立保健医療大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (00310178)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 看護学教育 / コミュニケーション教育 / ルーブリック評価 / 模擬患者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study elucidated characteristics in nursing-school students’ communication through setting up multiple clinical scenes that the students will go through during their practical trainings and role-playing with simulated patients. With the numbers of years in the nursing school, the students became increasingly capable of assessing the conditions of the patients and the scenes, defining respective purposes, and exerting multitudinous communication skills. For students to acquire communication skills, it is essential to teach them to find a clear purpose in interacting with patients on each occasion and to cultivate their abilities to make instant actions according to circumstances.

Free Research Field

看護学