background : delivering iud services is one of the important competencies that midwifery students must obtain during academic period. as objective structured clinical examination (osce) can be reasonably reliable, valid and objective method for clinical skills assessment, this study was conducted to assess midwifery students` skill in delivering intrauterine device (iud) services using a clinic...

BACKGROUND Methods learnt by nursing and midwifery students' such as communication skills, optimisim and coping with stress would be used in their profeesional life. It is very important to promote their positive thinking and communication skills to raise coping with stress. OBJECTIVES This cross sectional study was performed to examine the nursing and midwifery students' communication skills...

drug and intravenous thrapy basic clinical skills in nursing students at the end of third year     haji hossaini f [1] *, sharifnia sh [2] , nazari r [3] , rezaei r [4] ,saatsaz s [5]     received: 9 sep, 2011 accepted: 20 oct, 2011     abstract:   background & aims : learning drugs and intravenous therapy are necessary for nursing students. this study was done with the aim of assessing the dru...

OBJECTIVE To identify potential risk or mishap in the system of intrapartum care, relating to the deployment of midwives. DESIGN Prospective semistructured observational study. SETTING Labour wards of seven maternity units in the north west of England. PARTICIPANTS All midwives working on the labour ward during the observation period in 2000. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE "Latent failures" withi...

This paper describes research for development of a pregnancy simulator training tool. It addresses an important training need for enhanced skill training of the midwifery graduate. Midwives use tactile inspection of foetal position as a primary tool for decision making in the clinical setting. When the baby is lying in an abnormal position, it is important to be able to quickly recognise this a...

To was determine the effects of midwifery education on midwives’ professional self-esteem and problem solving skills. The study was conducted with 277 students who agreed to participate in the study in Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Health Sciences Midwifery Department of a state university located in Central Anatolia region of Turkey. In study Arıcak Professional Self-Esteem Scale (APSES) to...

BACKGROUND Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure used to treat victims following cardiopulmonary arrest. Graduate health professionals at the University of Gondar Teaching Hospital manage many trauma and critically ill patients. The chance of survival after cardiopulmonary arrest may be increased with sufficient attitude and skill levels. The study aimed to assess the at...

introduction. training midwives on life saving skills is one of the most important strategies in preventing maternal and neonatal mortality, especially in areas that physicians are absent. the effectiveness of each training program must be evaluated. objective structured clinical evaluation can be applied to evaluate the learner skill improvement on special tasks with lowest skill evaluation bi...