Promoting self-regulated learning: Enhancing psychomotor skills acquisition with a learning passport

Background

As part of competency-based education, it is important for students to take responsibility for their learning. This is especially challenging for novice students who may require a guided approach to acquiring competency in psychomotor skills.

Innovation

A learning passport was developed to promote self-regulated learning of psychomotor skills. The passport provided flexibility to meet individual learning and included deliberate practice, observation, and real-time feedback.

Implications

A vast majority of students successfully completed the learning passport, and a majority of students exceeded the minimum number of required learning activities. Students reported the passport increased their confidence in completing the skills successfully. There also was a modest increase in the first attempt pass rate for summative skills evaluation compared to the previous semester.

Conclusions

Nurse educators should incorporate a skill development practice guide, such as a passport, to facilitate self-regulated learning in psychomotor skill acquisition.