Experiences, barriers and perspectives of midwifery educators, mentors and students implementing the updated emergency obstetric and newborn care-enhanced pre-service midwifery curriculum in Kenya: a nested qualitative study
Findings reveal an overwhelmed midwifery faculty and an urgent demand for students support in clinical settings to acquire EmONC competencies for enhanced practice. For quality midwifery education, adequate resources and regulatory/policy directives are needed in midwifery faculty staffing and development. A continuous professional development specific for educators is needed for effective student teaching and learning of a competency-based pre-service curriculum.
Authors
- Lucy Waweru
- Helen Allott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9336-2737)
- Alice Norah Ladur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7151-3135)
- Edna Tallam
- Eunice Ndirangu‐Mugo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8594-0808)
- Issak Bashir
- Catherine Mwaura
- Duncan N. Shikuku (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3580-7077)
- Carol Bedwell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8031-7793)
- Charles Ameh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2341-7605)
- Sarah Bar‐Zeev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6261-2390)
- Peter Nandikove
- Alphonce Uyara
- Lucy Nyaga
Institutions
- Kenya Medical Training College (KE)
- Diponegoro University (ID)
- University of Nairobi (KE)
- Burnet Institute (AU)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Maseno University (KE)
- Ministry of Health (KE)
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (KE)
- Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2024-08-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05872-7
- Citations
- 13
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 14.42
Funders
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office