Emergency scenarios in maternity : An exploratory study of a midwifery and medical student simulation-based learning collaboration

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BACKGROUND AND PROBLEM: In Australia, interprofessional education has been embedded into pre-registration course accreditation standards. Little is known about Australian midwifery and medical students experiences of interprofessional learning when the focus is on emergency scenarios during birth.

AIM: This study aimed to evaluate student experience of Interprofessional Simulation-Based Learning workshops focused on emergency scenarios with midwifery and medical students.

METHODS: This was a descriptive, exploratory study of an educational activity designed to enhance inter-professional and collaborative learning between Bachelor of Midwifery students and Bachelor of Medicine students at a Simulation Centre in Sydney, Australia. A pre and post survey design enabled data collection before and after the 6-h simulation-based workshop.

FINDINGS: A total of 45 students attended two interprofessional simulation learning days, 14 were midwifery students and 31 medical students. Students disclosed a level of apprehension in the pre workshop survey and ambivalence towards the values of collaborative simulation-based learning. Following the workshop students reported that the workshop enhanced their ability to work collaboratively in practice. Both student cohorts commented on a perceived power imbalance and a sense of each profession having to 'prove' their knowledge levels. Students stated that learning to work together in a safe environment allowed them to develop an appreciation for each other's scope of practice and responsibilities in an emergency situation.

CONCLUSION: This form of collaborative learning has the potential to improve new graduate experience in the workplace, especially during emergency situations, and ultimately improve care for women and babies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives - 34(2021), 6 vom: 22. Nov., Seite 563-569

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Burns, Elaine S [VerfasserIn]
Duff, Margie [VerfasserIn]
Leggett, Janie [VerfasserIn]
Schmied, Virginia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Interprofessional
Journal Article
Medical student
Midwifery student
Obstetric emergencies
Simulation based learning

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.11.2021

Date Revised 28.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.wombi.2020.10.005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31834470X