Studying Peer Teaching Effects on Electronic Fetal Monitoring Knowledge, Skills, and Confidence in Second-Year Midwifery Students

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to examine how Electronic Fetal Monitoring EFM training given to midwifery students through a peer education method affects their knowledge, skills, and confidence in using EFM. The study is an experimental design with randomized controlled pre-test and post-test assessments. It focuses on second-year midwifery students who have not previously received EFM training and are taking the Prenatal Period-I course for the first time. Participants first receive standard training on EFM consisting of two 50-minute lessons using an 80-slide PowerPoint presentation and a Leopold Maneuver Palpation Model. After standard training, students are randomly assigned to either a peer tutoring group or a standard education group. The peer tutoring group receives additional peer education where students teach each other in small groups using the same materials. Both groups then apply EFM techniques in clinical practice with pregnant women. During the study, students knowledge and self-efficacy related to EFM are evaluated before and after training using a personal information form, an achievement test, and a self-efficacy scale. Their skills are monitored in real time during EFM application on pregnant women using a skill form. The primary outcomes are assessed shortly after training and clinical application. The study continues to evaluate students performance throughout their clinical practice until completion.

Teaching Electronic Fetal Monitoring to Midwifery Students With Peer Teaching Method