Evalauting a skills centre: theacquisition of psychomotor skills in nursing — a review of the literature

In 1994, as a result of both programme evaluation which identified studentsʹ fears andapprehensions about their practical ability, and a review of the literature on skill acquisition, experiential skills teaching was resumed within the faculty. Having invested considerable finance into the reconstruction of a skills centre to teach skills, it is now imperative that its use be formally evaluated. Part of the evaluative process includes a review of the empirical literature on the acquisition of psychomotor skills in nursing. This paper summarizes this review.