Hogan Rosemarie, Fox Deborah, Barratt-See Georgina
Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123, Broadway 2007, NSW, Australia.
Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123, Broadway 2007, NSW, Australia.
Women Birth. 2017 Jun;30(3):206-213. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2017.03.004. Epub 2017 Mar 31.
Undergraduate midwifery students commonly experience anxiety in relation to their first clinical placement.
A peer mentoring program for midwifery students was implemented in an urban Australian university. The participants were first-year mentee and third-year mentor students studying a three-year Bachelor degree in midwifery. The program offered peer support to first-year midwifery students who had little or no previous exposure to hospital clinical settings. Mentors received the opportunity to develop mentoring and leadership skills.
The aim was to explore the benefits, if any, of a peer mentoring program for midwifery students.
The peer mentoring program was implemented in 2012. Sixty-three peer mentors and 170 mentees participated over three academic years. Surveys were distributed at the end of each academic year. Quantitative survey data were analysed descriptively and qualitative survey data were analysed thematically using NVivo 10 software.
Over 80% of mentors and mentees felt that the program helped mentees adjust to their midwifery clinical placement. At least 75% of mentors benefited, in developing their communication, mentoring and leadership skills. Three themes emerged from the qualitative data, including 'Receiving start-up advice'; 'Knowing she was there' and 'Wanting more face to face time'.
There is a paucity of literature on midwifery student peer mentoring. The findings of this program demonstrate the value of peer support for mentees and adds knowledge about the mentor experience for undergraduate midwifery students.
The peer mentor program was of benefit to the majority of midwifery students.
本科助产专业学生在首次临床实习时普遍会感到焦虑。
澳大利亚一所城市大学为助产专业学生实施了同伴辅导计划。参与者是攻读三年制助产士本科学位的一年级受辅导学生和三年级辅导学生。该计划为几乎没有或完全没有医院临床实习经验的一年级助产专业学生提供同伴支持。辅导学生有机会培养辅导和领导技能。
目的是探讨同伴辅导计划对助产专业学生是否有好处（若有，好处是什么）。
同伴辅导计划于2012年实施。在三个学年里，共有63名同伴辅导员和170名受辅导学生参与。在每个学年结束时发放调查问卷。对定量调查数据进行描述性分析，对定性调查数据使用NVivo 10软件进行主题分析。
超过80%的辅导员和受辅导学生认为该计划有助于受辅导学生适应助产临床实习。至少75%的辅导员在培养沟通、辅导和领导技能方面受益。定性数据中出现了三个主题，包括“收到入门建议”；“知道她在那里”和“希望有更多面对面交流时间”。
关于助产专业学生同伴辅导的文献很少。该计划的结果证明了同伴支持对受辅导学生的价值，并增加了关于本科助产专业学生辅导经历的知识。
同伴辅导计划对大多数助产专业学生有益。
