Practical approach

Roberts, Jane
Fenton, Gaynor

Jane Roberts and Gaynor Fenton are lecturers in the school of nursing and midwifery at the University of Salford

A version of this article appears in Nursing Standard and RCN Bulletin

Emergency Nurse 18(2):p 38, May 2010.

The University of Salford master's degree teaching team has piloted a system of objective structured clinical assessments for emergency nurse practitioners. Jane Roberts and Gaynor Fenton explain how this system can create an effective learning environment for students and help to reduce their anxiety about failing exams