Abstract:
In the last few years, there have been remarkable innovations in the field of Nursing education and practice
where education has experienced paradigm shift from being a traditional teacher-centered process to one that
is student-centered. Nurses globally, are required by their professional bodies to maintain a professional
portfolio to reflect on their own development of knowledge and skills over time and present evidence of
competencies for career development.With the advent of online learning, e-portfolios have become popular
than showcase portfolios with the advantage that in e-portfolio reflection is involved. This article is desk top
research that reviewed several related literature. The study aimed at determining portfolio development as a
method of learning, assessment and evaluation in clinical Nursing Education in Kenya. Students perceive
portfolios as a representation of gathered and presented hard evidence and specific data about ones’ learning.
The study identified challenges in development of portfolios as; reluctance of the student to engage in self reflection and time-consuming aspect of compiling, lack of writing skills and ethical issues. In conclusion, the
use of a clinical portfolio by students demonstrate the uniqueness, empowerment and self -evaluative control.
Therefore, the clinical portfolio has been seen to be responsive to student needs through self -directedness in
constructing one’s learning and creating meaning from their clinical knowledge within the practice
environment
