Table 6.
Items of the clinical teachers' competence inventory of MNS postgraduates.
| Factors | Items |
|---|---|
| Clinical nursing ability | Enjoying nursing, and full of enthusiasm for nursing work |
| High sense of responsibility, self-discipline | |
| Mastering the theoretical knowledge of the specialist field | |
| Mastering the new expertise and cutting-edge technology of the specialist field | |
| Mastering nursing operation in the specialist field and the critically ill patients rescue techniques | |
| Being able to use nursing procedures to take holistic care of patients | |
| Being able to targeted provide patients with comprehensive health education | |
| Being able to actively participate in professional academic activities | |
| Being able to concentrate on subject construction and professional development and put forward reasonable proposals | |
| Being able to clear their career positioning and develop specific career planning | |
| Clinical teaching ability | Enjoying nursing teaching work |
| Having good language skills | |
| Being able to clarify the training objectives of MNS postgraduates and the specific responsibilities of teachers | |
| Being able to develop the corresponding teaching plan of the department by combining with the MNS graduate clinical practice program | |
| Being able to teach postgraduates in accordance with their aptitude, and use various teaching methods flexibly | |
| Being able to organize nursing rounds independently | |
| Being able to organize specialized skills training independently | |
| Being able to guide MNS postgraduates in evidence-based nursing practice | |
| Being able to train MNS postgraduates in ponder over practical ability and critical thinking | |
| Being able to objectively and timely evaluate MNS postgraduates clinical practice and give rationalization recommendations | |
| Being willing to actively follow the teaching feedback from MNS postgraduates and adjust teaching strategies accordingly | |
| Clinical managing ability | Being willing to help managers develop their own regular teaching and nursing work plan |
| Being able to work out teaching and work objectives at all stages of development according to the actual situation | |
| Being proficient and effective at organization of clinical teaching activities | |
| Being able to reasonably allocate human and material resources required | |
| Being able to motivate and coordinate the study and work enthusiasm of MNS postgraduates and department staff and helping them achieve teaching and work objectives | |
| Being able to give advices for existing teaching and work plans and analyze their cons and pros comprehensively and select the best advice | |
| Being able to properly handle emergencies in teaching and nursing work | |
| Being able to deal with problems in teaching and nursing work and to assist decision-making by appropriately and effectively using management tools. | |
| Clinical research ability | Being good at discovering problems in nursing practice and taking measures to find evidence |
| Being able to summarize the values of scientific research in the process of nursing and teaching | |
| Mastering the basic Chinese and English document retrieval methods | |
| Generally understanding English literatures and proficiency in writing English abstracts of research papers | |
| Being able to use basic statistical software such as SPSS | |
| Being able to analyze and judge the data based on the statistical results | |
| Being able to carry out project declaration and research independently | |
| Being able to publish a research paper as the first author at provincial core journal or above | |
| Being able to apply scientific research into clinical practice and promoting the improvement of care service quality | |
| Being able to guide MNS postgraduates in clinical research | |
| Interpersonal ability | Being positive and optimistic |
| Being able at controlling emotions and relieving pressure | |
| Being willing to help MNS postgraduates in controlling their emotions and guide them correct their self-positioning | |
| Respecting and trusting MNS postgraduates | |
| Paying attention to the learning and psychological needs of MNS postgraduates and providing necessary help | |
| Being willing to treat MNS postgraduates equally without prejudice or merit ranking | |
| Having strong empathy, being able to initiatively care about the pains of medical services | |
| Being able to skillfully use communication tools and skills | |
| Being able to communicate effectively with MNS postgraduates, patients and colleagues and maintain harmonious relations | |
| Being able to effectively handle contradictions between doctors and patients, and reduce disputes and conflicts | |
| Being willing to respect the views and opinions of others | |
| Having a strong sense of teamwork and ability |