Developing and validating a self-assessment tool for assessing confidence of nurse-midwives against competency domains of the International Confederation of Midwives, in India.

ABSTRACT: While midwives are recognized as primary care-providers for maternal and new-born care in many parts of the world, India is transitioning to professional midwifery. The pathway to midwifery in India has been through integrated nursing and midwifery education. Since 2018, India has introduced an 18-month post nursing midwifery education programme. To establish a baseline for midwives' competence and measure progress, there is a need for a quick, easy-to-administer and low-cost tool that can be used at scale to guide programme efforts. This paper describes the process of validation and testing of a tool to assess the confidence of practicing nurse-midwives as a proxy indicator for competence against the seven competency domains of the International Confederation of Midwives (2013). A total o

SUBMITTER: Sharma B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11498683 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature