The NPEC aim is measure and inform enhancements to the educational quality of degree level nursing and midwifery student clinical placements. One way this is achieved is through monitoring and reporting of student evaluations. One generic primary evaluation tool – the Placement Evaluation Tool (PET) is used. There are three versions of the PET; PET-Nursing (students), PET-Midwifery (students) and PET-Supervisor (educators). The PET is considered a pragmatic measure that balances psychometric considerations against the requirements of real-life and as such minimal adjustments for appropriate context are considered valid without the need to test for every profession (Glasgow and Riley; 2013). Publications on the development and validation of the PETs and translated versions of the PET are available, see below.
(See Glasgow RE, Riley WT. Pragmatic measures: what they are and why we need them. Am J Prev Med. 2013;45(2):237–43 and https://npec.com.au/references-and-bibliography/ for relevant NPEC publications)
The PET-Nursing (student)
This survey is for nursing students to evaluate the educational quality of their clinical placement. This article explains the tool development and validation https://bmcnurs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12912-020-00491-1
The PET-Midwifery (student)
This survey is for midwifery students to evaluate the educational quality of their clinical placement. This article explains the PET-Midwifery validation https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2025.104310.
The PET-Supervisor
This survey is for clinical supervisors to evaluate the educational quality of their clinical placement. In adopting the term ‘clinical supervisor’ we refer to any Registered Nurse who works with and/or assesses healthcare students undertaking a clinical placement.
MidSTEP student evaluation tool
An alternative to the Placement Evaluation Tool (Midwifery Student) is the MidSTEP student evaluation tool (Australian College of Midwives).
Translations
The Placement Evaluation Tool: PET-Nursing (student) in Greek
This Greek translated version of the survey has been designed to enable you, as a student, to evaluate your clinical placement.
The Placement Evaluation Tool: PET-Nursing (student) in Slovenian
This Slovenian translated version of the survey has been designed to enable you, as a student, to evaluate your clinical placement.
The Placement Evaluation Tool: PET-Nursing (student) in Norwegian
This Norwegian translated version of the survey has been designed to enable you, as a student, to evaluate your clinical placement.