Does Curriculum Reform Improve Clinical Practice? Comparing the Quality of Labor and Delivery Care Provided by Midwives in Ethiopia
Midwives trained under a competency-based curriculum provided higher quality labor and delivery care than the conventionally trained control group, with a large effect size, suggesting clinical relevance. However, the overall performance revealed persistent gaps, highlighting the need for further research to examine long-term outcomes to inform curriculum development and policy.
Authors
- Tegbar Yigzaw Sendekie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3275-7900)
- Awoke Giletew Wondie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7987-9860)
- Markus Berndt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4467-5355)
- Matthias Siebeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5290-5344)
- Martin Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2125-6817)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- Debre Tabor University (ET)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advances in Medical Education and Practice
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/amep.s550456
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00