Evaluation of a Faculty-Led Clinical Model to Meet Pediatric Preventive Care Competencies Through a Pediatric Mobile Clinic.

Abstract

Limited pediatric primary care clinical placement sites have made it difficult for family nurse practitioner (FNP) students to meet pediatric preventive clinical competencies. This project evaluated a faculty-led clinical model through a pediatric mobile clinic. A pre-post evaluation design was used to evaluate student perceptions of their achievement of competencies. Students demonstrated improvement in all seven competencies, suggesting a faculty-led clinical model through a pediatric mobile clinic may be an effective way to improve pediatric clinical competencies.