AimNurses' skills and confidence in providing oral care to patients play important roles in healthcare. Studies have proved that peer‐to‐peer learning and assessment can help improve nurses’ skills and confidence. However, no study has investigated it using an objective assessment checklist. This study investigated an oral hygiene practice training program for nursing students. It focused on their oral healthcare skills, confidence, and perspectives regarding implementing an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE).MethodsA pre‐ and post‐survey of 97 nursing students from a nursing school in Japan was conducted as a peer‐to‐peer oral health education training program that included an assessment and performance checklist.ResultsConfidence in performing and assessing oral care significantly improved after attending the program. Furthermore, the changes were significantly greater in the developed program than in the training program without the checklist. The mean total assessment scores (0–25) of the first, second, third, and fourth participants in the four‐student groups were 22.1, 23.4, 23.9, and 24.1, respectively. The mean scores of the second, third, and fourth participant groups were significantly higher than that of the first participant group (p < .01). Fifty‐two positive and 58 negative comments were received regarding the implementation of the program with professional assessments and the checklist. The most common positive comment mentioned that the evaluation by professionals improved oral care learning and skills.ConclusionsThis study developed a program to improve nursing students' confidence and oral care delivery skill building in an OSCE‐style delivery.

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护生同伴口腔护理目标结构化临床考试学习的实施

目标护士为患者提供口腔护理的技能和信心在医疗保健中发挥着重要作用。研究证明，同伴学习和评估有助于提高护士的技能和信心。然而，还没有研究使用客观评估清单对其进行调查。本研究调查了护理学生口腔卫生实践培训计划。它重点关注他们的口腔保健技能、信心和对实施客观结构化临床检查 (OSCE) 的看法。方法对日本一所护理学校的 97 名护理学生进行了术前和术后调查，作为同行口腔调查健康教育培训计划，包括评估和绩效检查表。结果参加该计划后，执行和评估口腔护理的信心显着提高。此外，与没有清单的培训计划相比，制定的计划中的变化明显更大。四名学生组中第一名、第二名、第三名和第四名参与者的平均总评估分数（0-25）分别为22.1、23.4、23.9和24.1。第二、三、四组的平均分显着高于第一组（p< .01)。通过专业评估和清单，收到了关于该计划实施的 52 条正面评论和 58 条负面评论。最常见的积极评论提到，专业人员的评估提高了口腔护理学习和技能。结论本研究制定了一项计划，旨在提高护理学生的信心和 OSCE 式交付中口腔护理交付技能的培养。