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 universities in Kenya. Before-after training assessments in knowledge, two EmONC skills and self-perceived confidence in using different teaching methodologies to deliver the competency-based curricula were conducted. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare the before-after knowledge and skills mean scores. McNemar test was used to compare differences in the proportion of educators’ self-reported confidence in applying the different teaching pedagogies. P-values
N, S (2024). Improving midwifery educators’ capacity to teach emergency obstetrics and newborn care in Kenya universities: a pre-post study. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/improving-midwifery-educators-capacity-to-teach-emergency-obstetrics-and-newborn-care-in-kenya-universities-a-pre-post-study
N, Shikuku "Improving midwifery educators’ capacity to teach emergency obstetrics and newborn care in Kenya universities: a pre-post study" Afribary. Afribary, 04 Jun. 2024, https://track.afribary.com/works/improving-midwifery-educators-capacity-to-teach-emergency-obstetrics-and-newborn-care-in-kenya-universities-a-pre-post-study. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
N, Shikuku . "Improving midwifery educators’ capacity to teach emergency obstetrics and newborn care in Kenya universities: a pre-post study". Afribary, Afribary, 04 Jun. 2024. Web. 25 Dec. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/improving-midwifery-educators-capacity-to-teach-emergency-obstetrics-and-newborn-care-in-kenya-universities-a-pre-post-study >.
N, Shikuku . "Improving midwifery educators’ capacity to teach emergency obstetrics and newborn care in Kenya universities: a pre-post study" Afribary (2024). Accessed December 25, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/improving-midwifery-educators-capacity-to-teach-emergency-obstetrics-and-newborn-care-in-kenya-universities-a-pre-post-study