Evaluation in clinical practice using an innovative model for clinical teachers.

This article describes the development and use of a practical model for clinical teachers in nursing education. One of the major problems experienced by clinical teachers is how to use information-rich interactions involving students in clinical practice. The Reflective Interaction Analysis in Nursing Education (RIANE) Model addresses this problem by facilitating clinical teachers' translation of everyday interactions involving nursing students into objective student progress notes recorded for future use in formative and summative evaluations. The use of this model in practice by a group of nurses training to become clinical teachers is discussed.