Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of clinical education from the students' view of Tabas School of Nursing: Short Communication

The COVID-19 epidemic is a serious challenge for clinical education that has made nursing students and their tutors face problems in the learning and teaching process. The mean score of quality of clinical education in nursing students was obtained at 36.99±9.14 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The highest mean quality score of clinical education belonged to the “I willingly and voluntarily come to the bedside to perform educational procedures” (4.38±1.4), while the lowest mean score was related to the item “In general, due to the restrictions created by the COVID-19 conditions, I feel that the quality of clinical education has decreased” (2.15±1.18). It is highly recommended to carry out educational interventions to improve the educational goals in the clinical environment, boost the clinical performance of instructors, enhance communication between medical staff and nursing students, revise the evaluation process of nursing students, and increase the quality of welfare facilities in medical centers.