Designing and executing a checklist for evaluating midwifery students' practical skills

Background: This study aimed to design and execute a reliable checklist for evaluating midwifery students' clinical skills. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 8 checklists were designed and validated for midwifery procedures. The students' performances were compared usin...

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Main Authors: Mansoureh Refaei, Hassan Ahmadini, Seyedeh-Zahra Masoumi, Arezoo Shayan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
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Online Access:http://www.ijnmrjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-9066;year=2020;volume=25;issue=4;spage=356;epage=358;aulast=Refaei
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Summary:Background: This study aimed to design and execute a reliable checklist for evaluating midwifery students' clinical skills. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 8 checklists were designed and validated for midwifery procedures. The students' performances were compared using this method and two other evaluation methods. Results: The face and content validity of all questions were approved (content validity ratio and content validity index> 0.80, inter-rater reliability> 0.50, and Cronbach's alpha> 0.70). The rate of the students' satisfaction was 19%, 14%, and 76% with the nonchecklist method, the general checklist, and the designed checklist, respectively. Furthermore, both students (F2,60= 107.07, p < 0.004) and evaluators (F2,9 =152.23, p < 0.001) gained significantly higher attitude scores towards the new checklist compared to the two other methods. Conclusions: The designed checklist was quite reliable and valid for evaluating the midwifery students' clinical skills.
ISSN:1735-9066