Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorGriffiths, M
dc.contributor.authorCreedy, DK
dc.contributor.authorCarter, AG
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-29T22:48:44Z
dc.date.available2020-06-29T22:48:44Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn1871-5192
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.wombi.2020.05.007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/395002
dc.description.abstractBackground: Situating Midwifery Academics in clinical environments can have an important impact on students’ clinical learning. Students’ perceptions of this support role in the clinical environment using standardised measures has been under-investigated. Aims: To develop and test a tool that measures midwifery students’ perceptions of the Midwifery Academic role on clinical learning and development of professional knowledge, skills and clinical capability. Methods: A staged process for tool development included draft item generation, review by expert panel for face and content validity and pilot testing with a convenience sample of undergraduate midwifery students. Dimensionality, internal consistency and test–retest reliability were evaluated. Results: Two hundred and seventy-nine midwifery students completed an online survey (74% response rate). Responses on the ten-item tool loaded strongly on one factor, explaining 69.6% of variance. Cronbach's alpha (0.94) and test–retest reliability (intraclass coefficient = .92; 95%CI .89–.95) were good. Most students agreed that the Midwifery Academic role supported the integration of midwifery theory and practice and critical self-reflection. Areas for improvement included working in partnership with preceptors; assessing students’ development; and increased presence in the clinical environment. Conclusions: This study established reliability and validity of the Midwifery Academic in Clinical Environments (MidACE) tool. Students perceived Midwifery Academics could contribute further to their professional knowledge, skills and clinical capability through a strong collaborative presence in the clinical environment.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofjournalWomen and Birth
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchReproductive medicine
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMidwifery
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3215
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4204
dc.titleValidation of the MidACE tool – Students’ perceptions of the Midwifery Academic role in clinical environments
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGriffiths, M; Creedy, DK; Carter, AG, Validation of the MidACE tool – Students’ perceptions of the Midwifery Academic role in clinical environments, Women and Birth, 2020
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.date.updated2020-06-29T04:42:17Z
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
gro.rights.copyright© 2020 Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorCarter, Amanda G.
gro.griffith.authorCreedy, Debra K.


Files in this item

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

  • Journal articles
    Contains articles published by Griffith authors in scholarly journals.

Show simple item record