School of Health and Welfare, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden.
Department for Women's and Children's health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
BMC Med Educ. 2022 Nov 4;22(1):755. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03814-9.
The Indian Government has committed to educate 90,000 midwives in accordance with international norms. This goal is critical as midwives provide evidence-based, high-quality midwifery care. There is a need to explore the contextual factors influencing this new midwifery education programme. Hence, the aim of this study is to explore contextual factors influencing the implementation of the national midwifery education programme for midwifery educators and the future Nurse Practitioners in Midwifery (NPMs) in India. A qualitative research design was used, with data collected through focus group discussions (n = 8) with a total of 27 participants representing seven national and international organisations supporting the Indian Government in its midwifery initiative. Transcribed interviews were analysed using content analysis. This study on contextual factors influencing the implementation of the new midwifery education programme in India showed that organisational and administrative processes are complex and the development of midwifery educators and nurse practitioners in midwifery needs to be fast tracked. The education of educators and future midwives in India, and elsewhere in similar settings, could benefit from efforts to simplify the organisational and administration processes and, in parallel, mobilize innovative teaching and learning approaches to bridge theory and practice.
印度政府承诺按照国际规范培训 9 万名助产士。这一目标至关重要，因为助产士提供基于证据的高质量助产护理。有必要探讨影响新助产士教育计划的背景因素。因此，本研究旨在探讨影响印度助产士教育者和未来助产护士（NPM）实施国家助产士教育计划的背景因素。采用定性研究设计，通过焦点小组讨论（n=8）收集数据，共有 27 名参与者代表七个支持印度政府助产倡议的国家和国际组织。对转录的访谈进行了内容分析。本研究表明，影响印度新助产士教育计划实施的背景因素复杂，需要加快助产士教育者和护士从业者的发展。印度和其他类似环境中教育者和未来助产士的教育可以从简化组织和管理流程以及并行调动创新教学和学习方法以弥合理论与实践之间的差距中受益。
