Assessors’ Engagement with Video-Recorded Performance Assessments in Nursing: A Qualitative Study

Conor Scully, Zita Lysaght, Michael O’Leary, & Mary Kelly   |    Volume 20 Issue 2  |   

The use of video in performance assessments has accelerated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Research has tended to focus on the administrative and cost implications of setting up remote assessments: however, few studies have explored how the process of assessing a performance is altered when the assessment is conducted through video. This qualitative paper reports on findings from a simulated video assessment in nursing. As part of the study, 12 nursing assessors watched the same four videos of undergraduate nurses performing either a blood pressure measurement or a naso-gastric tube insertion. They were asked to “think aloud” while doing so, and were also subject to an interview about their assessment practices. Findings revealed that the use of video allows assessors to reduce guesswork when assessing, yet it also limits their field of vision, and in some cases harms the perceived validity of the assessment.

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