EVALUATION OF THE EXTENT OF ACHIEVING CLINICAL COMPETENCIES IN MIDWIFERY STUDENTS AND ITS RELATION WITH SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

Studies in the field of clinical competence assessment of midwifery students and
related factors have contradictory and sometimes unexpected results. Given the role of clinical
competence in the quality of midwifery care and Its importance in protecting the health of mothers and
babies, This study aims to Determining the extent of achieving clinical competencies and its relation
with some of the demographic factors in midwifery students.
Materials & Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 73 midwifery students and 438
pregnant women in 2015. Data was collected using clinical competence questionnaire, which was
completed in two ways by self-assessment and assessment by researcher. Data analysis was performed
applying Descriptive statistics, Spearman and Pearson correlations tests and One-way ANOVA test in
SPSS software, version 16.
Results: Midwifery students assessed their clinical competence with a mean (109.84 ± 12.12) at a good
level and the researcher the clinical competence of midwifery students with mean (70.92 ± 17.41) At
the Medium level. The results of the study showed there is a significant difference between the selfassessment
and evaluation by the researcher (p <0.05) But there is no significant relationship between
self-assessment and evaluation by the researcher (p >0.05). Also, there is a significant and positive
correlation between self-assessment of clinical competency and marital status (p <0.05).
Conclusion: This study shows that self-assessment is not an appropriate alternative to assessing
professors but at the same time it can be used as a complementary evaluation method to evaluate
students' performance.