Measuring antenatal counseling skill with a milestone-based assessment tool: a validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antenatal counseling for parents in the setting of expected preterm delivery is an important component of pediatric training. However, healthcare professionals receive a variable amount and quality of formal training. This study evaluated and discussed validity of a practical tool to assess antenatal counseling skills and provide evaluative feedback: the Antenatal Counseling Milestones Scale (ACoMS).

Methods

Experts in antenatal counseling developed an anchored milestone-based tool to evaluate observable skills. Study participants with a range of antenatal counseling skills were recruited to participate in simulation of counseling sessions in person or via video with standardized patient actors presenting with preterm labor at 23 weeks' gestation. Two faculty obse

SUBMITTER: Bartlett MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10170031 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature