The Effect of Peer Education on Midwifery Students' Knowledge, Skills, and Confidence in Electronic Fetal Monitoring Training

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are evaluating the effects of Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) training delivered through a peer education method on midwifery students' knowledge, skills, and confidence levels. This experimental study uses a randomized controlled pre-test-post-test design to compare peer tutoring with standard education. The study focuses on second-year midwifery students who have not previously received EFM training and are enrolled in a Prenatal Period I course. All students first receive standard training on EFM. Then, students are randomly assigned to either a Peer Tutoring group, where they learn EFM topics through a structured peer teaching approach involving group discussions and explanations, or a Standard Education group. After peer education, students apply EFM to pregnant women in clinical practice while being observed and evaluated by researchers using a skill form during the approximately 30-minute application. Participants complete several assessments before and after training, including a personal information form, an achievement test for EFM, the Electronic Fetal Monitoring Self-Efficacy Scale, and skill forms during EFM application. These tools measure knowledge, skill performance, and self-efficacy. The self-efficacy scale and achievement test are administered both as pre-tests shortly after standard training and as post-tests within 30 minutes after clinical EFM application. Evaluation continues during clinical practice to monitor progress.

Teaching Electronic Fetal Monitoring to Midwifery Students With Peer Teaching Method