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dc.contributor.authorWeeks, Keith W.
dc.contributor.authorHutton, B. Meriel
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Simon
dc.contributor.authorCoben, Diana
dc.contributor.authorClochesy, John M.
dc.contributor.authorPontin, David J.T.
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-18T23:25:39Z
dc.date.available2013-04-18T23:25:39Z
dc.date.copyright2013-03
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationWeeks, K. W., Hutton, B. M., Young, S., Coben, D., Clochesy, J. M., & Pontin, D. (2013). Safety in numbers 2: Competency modelling and diagnostic error assessment in medication dosage calculation problem-solving. Nurse Education in Practice, 13(2), e23-e32.en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1471-5953
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/7482
dc.description.abstractAccurately defining and modelling competence in medication dosage calculation problem-solving (MDC-PS) is a fundamental pre-requisite to measuring competence, diagnosing errors and determining the necessary design and content of professional education programmes. In this paper we advance an MDC-PS competence model that illustrates the relationship between conceptual competence (dosage problem-understanding), calculation competence (dosage-computation) and technical measurement competence (dosage-measurement). To facilitate bridging of the theory-practice gap it is critical that such models are operationalised within a wider education framework that supports the learning, assessment and synthesis of cognitive competence (the knowing that and knowing why of MDC-PS) and functional competence (the know-how and skills associated with the professional practice of MDC-PS in clinical settings).Within the context of supporting the learning and diagnostic assessment of MDC-PS we explore PhD fieldwork that challenges the value of pedagogical approaches that focus solely on abstract information, that isolate the process of knowledge construction from its application in practice settings and contribute to the generation of conceptual errors. We consider misconceptions theory and the concept of mathematical 'dropped stitches' and offer an assessment model and program designed to diagnose flawed arithmetical operation and computation constructs.en_NZ
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevieren_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofNurse Education in Practice
dc.subjectcalculation errorsen_NZ
dc.subjectcompetenceen_NZ
dc.subjectconceptual errorsen_NZ
dc.subjecterror diagnosisen_NZ
dc.subjectmedication dosage calculationen_NZ
dc.titleSafety in numbers 2: Competency modelling and diagnostic error assessment in medication dosage calculation problem-solvingen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.nepr.2012.10.013en_NZ


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