Factors Associated with Clinical Practice Competency Among Nursing and Health Science Students in Ethiopia
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https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v11i1.787Keywords:
clinical practice competency, health science students, meta-analysis, systematic reviewAbstract
Background: Clinical practice competence is affected by different factors in clinical setting like Skill of the educator, staff–student interaction, a clear assessment guideline; Effective mentoring and constructive feedback will also influence learning. Poor performance is caused by low competence and improving competency would improve performance. Therefore, the purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis's is to asses’ factors affecting clinical practice competency of medical and health science students in Ethiopia.
Methods: We conducted a related literature search (February up to March 2023 ) of PubMed, and Web of Science databases for studies describing the factors associated with clinical practice competency among medical and health science students in Ethiopia. The quality of studies was independently assessed by the Newcastle–Ottawa quality scale (NOS), which was guided by the PRISMA checklist. The Q test and I2 statistics were used to evaluate the heterogeneity among selected studies. If the heterogeneity was obvious (I2 >50%), the random effects model (REM) was used. If the heterogeneity was low (I2≤50%), the fixed effects model (FEM) was used.
Results: There were 1613 participants in four (4) investigations. The pooled effect size of clinical practice competency among students in the form of odds ratio (OR) with the presence of a checklist 3.40 (95% CI 2.50–4.62), p<0.00001, I2=0%), with the orientation of objective 3.84 (95% CI 2.29–6.43), p<0.00001, I2=57%) ,students having receptor in clinical practice 2.42, (95% CI 1.68–3.48), p=0.00001, I2=47%) ,having confidence during performing the procedure 2.16, (95% CI 1.17–3.99), p=0.01, I2=53%)
The final pooled effect size after trim and fill analysis in the random effect model was found to be 1.27 (95%CI: -0.19, -2.73) for the association between staff encourage to do practice and clinical practice competency. This indicated that absence of a significant association between staff encourage to do practice and clinical practice competency among medical and health science students in Ethiopia.
Conclusions: The presence of a checklist, the orientation of objective, having receptor in clinical practice and students having confidence during performing the procedure are factors associated with clinical practice competency among medical and health science students in Ethiopia.
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