School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Locked Mail Bag 4, Coolangatta, QLD 4225, Australia.
School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Locked Mail Bag 4, Coolangatta, QLD 4225, Australia.
Women Birth. 2014 Mar;27(1):58-63. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2013.10.002. Epub 2013 Nov 5.
Midwives should be skilled team workers in maternity units and in group practices. Poor teamwork skills are a significant cause of adverse maternity care outcomes. Despite Australian and International regulatory requirements that all midwifery graduates are competent in teamwork, the systematic teaching and assessment of teamwork skills is lacking in higher education.
How do midwifery students evaluate participation in team-based academic assignments, which include giving and receiving peer feedback?
First and third year Bachelor of Midwifery students who volunteered (24 of 56 students).
Participatory Action Research with data collection via anonymous online surveys.
There was general agreement that team based assignments; (i) should have peer-marking, (ii) help clarify what is meant by teamwork, (iii) develop communication skills, (iv) promote student-to-student learning. Third year students strongly agreed that teams: (i) are valuable preparation for teamwork in practice, (ii) help meet Australian midwifery competency 8, and (iii) were enjoyable. The majority of third year students agreed with statements that their teams were effectively coordinated and team members shared responsibility for work equally; first year students strongly disagreed with these statements. Students' qualitative comments substantiated and expanded on these findings. The majority of students valued teacher feedback on well-developed drafts of the team's assignment prior to marking.
Based on these findings we changed practice and created more clearly structured team-based assignments with specific marking criteria. We are developing supporting lessons to teach specific teamwork skills: together these resources are called "TeamUP". TeamUP should be implemented in all pre-registration Midwifery courses to foster students' teamwork skills and readiness for practice.
助产士应具备在产科病房和小组实践中的团队合作技能。团队合作技能不佳是导致不良产科护理结果的一个重要原因。尽管澳大利亚和国际监管要求所有助产士毕业生都具备团队合作能力，但高等教育中缺乏对团队合作技能的系统教学和评估。
助产士学生如何评估参与基于团队的学术作业，包括给予和接受同伴反馈？
自愿参加的第一和第三年助产士学士学生（56 名学生中的 24 名）。
参与式行动研究，通过匿名在线调查收集数据。
普遍认为基于团队的作业；（i）应该有同伴评分，（ii）有助于澄清团队合作的含义，（iii）发展沟通技巧，（iv）促进学生之间的学习。三年级学生强烈认为团队：（i）对实践中的团队合作有价值，（ii）有助于满足澳大利亚助产士能力 8，（iii）很有趣。大多数三年级学生同意团队：（i）有效地协调，（ii）团队成员平等分担工作责任；一年级学生强烈不同意这些说法。学生的定性评论证实并扩展了这些发现。大多数学生重视教师对团队作业的详细草稿的反馈，然后再进行评分。
基于这些发现，我们改变了实践，创建了更具结构的基于团队的作业，并制定了具体的评分标准。我们正在开发支持性课程来教授特定的团队合作技能：这些资源统称为“TeamUP”。TeamUP 应在所有注册前助产士课程中实施，以培养学生的团队合作技能和实践准备。
