Analyzing Evidence on Interventions to Strengthen the Clinical Support for Midwifery Students in Clinical Placements: Protocol for a Systematic Scoping Review

Amod, Hafaza; Mkhize, Sipho W.; Muraraneza, Claudine

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“…Registered midwives are deeply involved in supporting midwifery students during clinical placements. However, these supportive roles are voluntary and without any clinical training or support (Amod, Mkhize & Muraraneza 2021 ). The findings of this study showed that 51.7% of students received clinical support from registered midwives without a speciality qualification whilst only 28.3% of midwifery students received clinical support from senior midwives who are also midwifery clinical specialist.…”

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Clinical support and perceived competency levels of midwifery students: A descriptive analysis

Amod

Mkhize

2022

Health SA Gesondheid

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Background Midwifery students in South Africa place great value on the clinical support they receive from midwifery practitioners. Adequate clinical support should help midwifery students to practice procedures safely and independently, allowing them to be competent upon degree completion. Aim To describe the clinical support and perceived competency levels of midwifery students. Setting Public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal. Methods The researcher chose a quantitative research method using a descriptive design. An all-inclusive purposive and convenience sampling method was undertaken to recruit midwifery students from an undergraduate nursing programme at a university in KwaZulu-Natal. Gatekeepers permission and ethics approval was obtained from the university’s registrar and research ethics committee. A self-evaluation questionnaire describing the clinical support and perceived competency levels was completed by 60 respondents. Data were analysed using International Business Machines Corporation Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM-SPSS) Version 27. Results The results highlighted that the clinical support midwifery students received, was beneficial to their clinical learning outcomes. Eighty per cent of clinical support offered to midwifery students was obtained through clinical supervision. Ninety-three per cent of respondents revealed that the clinical support they received were from midwifery practitioners (without a speciality qualification). Although students rated themselves as competent in 88.6% of midwifery procedures, poor outcomes were identified in 11.4% procedures. Conclusion Midwifery practitioners play a significant role in supporting midwifery students during clinical placement. Advancing the roles of midwifery practitioners through mentorship training is likely to strengthen the quality of clinical support provided and thus improve the competence levels of midwifery students. Contribution The findings in this paper are valuable in developing clinical support training guidelines for midwifery practitioners.

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Clinical support and perceived competency levels of midwifery students: A descriptive analysis

Amod

Mkhize

2022

Health SA Gesondheid

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“…This systematic scoping review followed a protocol developed to analyze the evidence on interventions to strengthen the clinical support of midwifery students during clinical placements [ 4 ]. The review followed a population, concept, and context framework [ 19 ].…”

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Supporting Midwifery Students During Clinical Practice: Results of a Systematic Scoping Review

Amod¹,

Mkhize²

2023

Interact J Med Res

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Background Midwifery educators are highly concerned about the quality of clinical support offered to midwifery students during clinical placement. The unpreparedness of midwifery practitioners in mentorship roles and responsibilities affects the competence levels of the next-generation midwives being produced. Objective The aim of this paper is to highlight various clinical support interventions to support midwifery students globally and propose a framework to guide mentorship training in South Africa. Methods This paper adopts a mixed methodology approach guided by the Arksey and O’Malley framework. Keywords such as midwifery students, clinical support, mentorship, preceptorship, and midwifery clinical practice were used during the literature search. The review included primary quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods design papers published between 2010 and 2020, and studies on clinical support interventions available to midwifery students during clinical placement. The search strategy followed a 3-stage system of title, abstract, and full-text screening using inclusion and exclusion criteria. All included papers were quality appraised with a mixed methods appraisal tool. Extracted data were analyzed and presented in themes following a thematic content analysis approach. Results The screening results attained 10 papers for data extraction. In total, 7 of the 10 (70%) studies implemented a mentorship training program, 2 (20%) used a training workshop, and 1 (10%) used an intervention guide to support midwifery students in clinical practice. Of these 10 papers, 5 were qualitative, 4 mixed methods, and 1 quantitative in approach. In total, 9 of the 10 (90%) studies were conducted in high-income countries with only 1 study done in Uganda but supported by the United Kingdom. The quality of included papers ranged between 50% and 100%, showing moderate to high appraisal results. Significant findings highlighted that the responsibility of mentorship is shared between key role players (midwifery practitioners, students, and educators) and thus a 3-fold approach to mentorship. Mentorship training and support are essential to strengthen the clinical support of midwifery students during placement. The main findings produced 2 main themes and 2 subthemes each. The main themes included strengthening partnerships and consultation; and providing mentor support through training. The 4 subthemes were: establishing stronger partnerships between nursing education institutions and clinical facilities; improving consultation between midwifery educators, practitioners, and students; the quality of clinical support depends on the training content; and the training duration and structure. Hence, the researchers proposed these subthemes in a framework to guide mentorship training. Conclusions Mentorship training and support for midwifery practitioners will likely strengthen the quality of midwifery clinical support. A framework to guide mentorship training will encourage midwifery educators to develop and conduct mentorship training with ease. More studies using quantitative approaches in research and related to midwifery clinical support are required in African countries. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) RR2-10.2196/29707

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Factors influencing the clinical mentoring of nursing students at a hospital in the North West Province

Makhaya,

Lethale,

John Mogakwe

2023

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences

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Analyzing Evidence on Interventions to Strengthen the Clinical Support for Midwifery Students in Clinical Placements: Protocol for a Systematic Scoping Review

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

Clinical support and perceived competency levels of midwifery students: A descriptive analysis

Clinical support and perceived competency levels of midwifery students: A descriptive analysis

Supporting Midwifery Students During Clinical Practice: Results of a Systematic Scoping Review

Factors influencing the clinical mentoring of nursing students at a hospital in the North West Province

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