Creation of a Training System for the Ongoing Development of the Clinical Competency in Facility-based Midwives

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24593386
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Mie Prefectural College of Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Nagami Keiko 三重県立看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (10218026)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NIMURA Ryoko 三重県立看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (30249354) ; WACHI Shigemi 北里大学, 看護学部, 講師 (70410173) ; SAKIYAMA Takayo 三重県立看護大学, 看護学部, 講師 (40321278)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TANAKA Rie 創価大学, 看護学部, 助教 (90515793)
• Research Collaborator: IWATA Tomomi 三重県立看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (20609292) ; NISHIZAWA Mariko
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 看護学 / 助産師 / 実践能力 / 卒後教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was conducted to obtein suggestions for the creation of a postgraduate training system to support the acquisition of the clinical competency in midwives according to the process of their development. This was achieved by examining a postgraduate training program for midwives working at medical facilities in A.Prefecture.
Semi-structured interviews with midwives acting as nursing administrators or training supervisors indicated the need for a postgraduate training system to gather practical knowledge and to cultivate midwifery management skills, training and research skills, interpersonal skills, and organizational skills. In addition, self-completed questionnaires including the “Educational Needs Assessment Tool for Midwives”and the “Learning Needs Assessment Tool for Midwives”revealed that midwives without a role or position had strong educational and learning needs in regard to treatment for emargency care and abnormalities during the perinatal period.

Free Research Field

母性看護学　助産学