McKenna Lisa, Gilmour Carole, Biro Mary Anne, McIntyre Meredith, Bailey Carolyn, Jones Janet, Miles Maureen, Hall Helen, McLelland Gayle
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton campus, Australia.
Nurse Educ Today. 2013 Aug;33(8):880-3. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.09.009. Epub 2012 Oct 15.
Clinical placements form a large and integral part of midwifery education. While much has been written about nursing students' clinical placements, less is known about clinical experiences of undergraduate midwifery students. In nursing, belongingness has been demonstrated to be a key factor in clinical learning but little is known about this in midwifery education.
This study sought to examine undergraduate midwifery students' sense of belongingness in their clinical practice.
A quantitative design using an online questionnaire was employed. A tool adapted by Levett-Jones (2009a), and previously used with nursing students, was utilised to examine sense of belonging in undergraduate midwifery students.
Sixty undergraduate midwifery students from two campuses at one Australian university participated in the study. Students were drawn from a single Bachelor of Midwifery degree and a double Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery degree.
On completion of a scheduled lecture, students were invited by one of the researchers to participate in the study by completing the online questionnaire and the link provided. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics.
Midwifery students generally reported similar perceptions of belongingness with previous studies on nursing students. However, a few differences were noted that require further exploration to fully understand.
Midwifery students experienced a sense of belonging in their clinical placements. The findings contribute to understandings of the experiences for midwifery students and provide a foundation on which to develop future clinical placement experiences.
临床实习是助产士教育的重要组成部分。虽然关于护理专业学生临床实习的著述颇丰，但对于本科助产专业学生的临床经历却知之甚少。在护理领域，归属感已被证明是临床学习的关键因素，但在助产士教育中对此却了解甚少。
本研究旨在考察本科助产专业学生在临床实习中的归属感。
采用在线问卷的定量设计方法。使用了由莱维特 - 琼斯（2009年a）改编且先前用于护理专业学生的工具，来考察本科助产专业学生的归属感。
来自澳大利亚一所大学两个校区的60名本科助产专业学生参与了该研究。学生们来自单一的助产士学士学位以及护理学学士/助产士双学士学位项目。
在一次预定讲座结束后，其中一位研究人员邀请学生通过完成在线问卷及所提供的链接参与研究。数据采用描述性统计进行分析。
助产专业学生普遍报告了与先前关于护理专业学生的研究类似的归属感认知。然而，也发现了一些差异，需要进一步探究以全面理解。
助产专业学生在临床实习中体验到了归属感。这些发现有助于理解助产专业学生的经历，并为未来临床实习体验的发展奠定基础。
