Midwifery. 2011 Aug;27(4):409-16. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.04.001. Epub 2011 May 6.
a 2-year study was conducted to develop Global Standards for Midwifery Education in keeping with core documents of the International Confederation of Midwives. Elements of the standards were based on evidence available in the published and unpublished literature. Companion Guidelines to assist in implementing the standards were also developed.
a modified Delphi survey process was conducted in two rounds following item validation by a panel of midwifery education experts.
a global survey conducted in 88 countries.
midwifery educators and clinicians associated with midwifery education located in any of the ICM member association countries. Additional participants included an Expert Midwifery Resource Group, other Key Stakeholders, midwifery regulators and policy makers. A total of 241 individuals from 46 ICM member association countries and ten non-member countries responded to one or both of the survey rounds.
survey respondents expressed an opinion on whether to retain or to delete any of the proposed components of the standards. Version one had 109 proposed components and version two had 111 items for consideration.
a majority consensus of .80 was required to accept an item without further deliberation. The Education Standards Task Force (expert panel) made final decisions in the four instances where this level of consensus was not reached, retaining all four items. The panel also amended the wording of selected items or added new items based on feedback received from survey respondents. The final document contains 10 Preface items, 35 glossary terms, and 37 discrete standards with 27 sub-sections.
开展了一项为期两年的研究，以制定符合国际助产士联合会核心文件的全球助产教育标准。标准的要素基于已发表和未发表文献中的现有证据。还制定了协助实施标准的配套指南。
在对一组助产教育专家进行项目验证后，采用改良 Delphi 调查法进行了两轮调查。
在 88 个国家进行的全球调查。
与任何国际助产士联合会成员协会国家的助产教育相关的助产教育者和临床医生。其他参与者包括专家助产资源小组、其他利益攸关方、助产监管机构和政策制定者。共有来自 46 个国际助产士联合会成员协会国家和 10 个非成员国家的 241 人对一轮或两轮调查做出了回应。
调查受访者就保留或删除标准的任何拟议组成部分表达了意见。第一版有 109 个拟议组成部分，第二版有 111 个项目供审议。
如果没有进一步的审议，需要达到.80 的多数共识才能接受一个项目。教育标准工作队（专家小组）在未达到这一共识水平的四个情况下做出了最终决定，保留了所有四个项目。该小组还根据调查受访者的反馈修改了选定项目的措辞或添加了新项目。最终文件包含 10 个前言项目、35 个术语和 37 个离散标准，其中包括 27 个小节。
