Improving midwifery educators' capacity to teach emergency obstetrics and newborn care in Kenya universities: a pre-post study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

International Confederation of Midwives and World Health Organization recommend core competencies for midwifery educators for effective theory and practical teaching and practice. Deficient curricula and lack of skilled midwifery educators are important factors affecting the quality of graduates from midwifery programmes. The objective of the study was to assess the capacity of university midwifery educators to deliver the updated competency-based curriculum after the capacity strengthening workshop in Kenya.

Methods

The study used a quasi-experimental (pre-post) design. A four-day training to strengthen the capacity of educators to deliver emergency obstetrics and newborn care (EmONC) within the updated curriculum was conducted for 30 midwifery educators from 27

SUBMITTER: Shikuku DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9623932 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature