The Effect of Portfolio-Based Education and Evaluation on Clinical Competence of Nursing Students: A Pretest-Posttest Quasiexperimental Crossover Study.

Purpose: Currently, revisions in education and evaluation in the nursing domain are necessary to increase the clinical competence of graduates. The aim of this study was to compare nursing students' clinical competence using the portfolio method with conventional education and evaluation methods in clinical education.

Methods: In this pretest-posttest quasiexperimental crossover study, all six-semester undergraduate nursing students of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences were classified into four groups.