Implementing the organizational readiness for change survey during a novel midwifery preceptor program in Sierra Leone: stakeholder results.

ABSTRACT: Sierra Leone has one of the world's highest maternal and infant mortality rates and suffers from a shortage of well-trained health professionals, including midwives. Prior to engaging in systematic interventions, it is critical to measure organizational readiness to gauge members' psychological and behavioral preparedness to implement change. We aimed to measure the organizational readiness for implementing change and compare results among midwives and administrative leaders at two schools of midwifery in Sierra Leone prior to the rollout of a midwifery preceptor program. The Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change (ORIC) survey is a validated 12-item questionnaire designed to assess two domains of organizational readiness for change: change commitment (motivation) and change effi

SUBMITTER: van de Water BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11337795 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature