2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Practical application of the midwifery common achievement tests to ensure the quality of trainees in midwifery education and development of a certification system

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Project/Area Number	20H04001
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 58070:Lifelong developmental nursing-related
Research Institution	Kanagawa University of Human Services
Principal Investigator	Murakami Akemi 神奈川県立保健福祉大学, 保健福祉学部, 教授 (10279903)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	北村聖公益社団法人地域医療振興協会(地域医療研究所), 地域医療研究所, シニアアドバイザー (10186265) 江藤宏美長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科(保健学科), 教授 (10213555) 谷口千絵神奈川県立保健福祉大学, 保健福祉学部, 教授 (10349780) 和泉美枝同志社女子大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (10552268) 渡邊浩子大阪大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 教授 (20315857) 宮川幸代同志社女子大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (20614514) 眞鍋えみ子同志社女子大学, 看護学部, 教授 (30269774) 高田昌代神戸市看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (50273793) 渡邊典子新潟青陵大学, 看護学部, 教授 (80269563)
Project Period (FY)	2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	助産学共用試験 / 助産学実習 / OSCE / CBT / 質保証
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study examined the practical application of midwifery CBT and midwifery OSCE and the development of a certification system in preparation for the introduction of the midwifery common achievement tests, in order to ensure a uniform national standard of quality for pre-practice midwife students. For the midwifery CBT, 951 questions were ultimately loaded onto the system. Future issues include increasing the number of questions that can be evaluated as good questions and implementing a reevaluation of the quality of the questions using IRT.For the midwifery OSCE, 20 questions were prepared, along with their evaluation forms and operation manuals. Future issues include securing evaluators, standardized patients, and exam venues, preparing equipment, and creating manuals when multiple schools participate. It was considered appropriate to entrust the certification of the midwifery common achievement tests to the Japan Institute of Midwifery Evaluation, a general incorporated foundation.
Free Research Field	助産学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	現在、助産学実習開始前の学生の質担保は各教育機関に委ねられており、一定水準の「知識」「技能」「態度」の質保証は図られていない。本研究では、実習開始前の助産師学生の「知識」「技能」「態度」を標準化して評価する助産学共用試験（CBTとOSCE）の実用化を検討し、学生の能力の質保証に取り組んだ。それはまさに、助産師教育の発展とわが国の母子保健の向上につながる。