Clinical skills training in obstetrics - a descriptive survey of current practice in Denmark

TY - JOUR

T1 - Clinical skills training in obstetrics - a descriptive survey of current practice in Denmark

AU - Nielsen, Mathilde Maagaard

AU - Johansen, Marianne

AU - Lottrup, Pernille

AU - Sørensen, Jette Led

N1 - © 2011 The Authors Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica © 2011 Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

PY - 2012/1

Y1 - 2012/1

N2 - The Danish National Board of Health has recommended that labor wards establish regular obstetric emergency skills training programs. The aim of this study was to describe current practice in Denmark. A questionnaire was sent to all obstetric departments in Denmark in 2008. All responded. Simulation-based training was conducted in 26/28 obstetrical departments. Settings for the training programs were mainly local. Training was provided for shoulder dystocia, postpartum bleeding and basic neonatal resuscitation in almost all the departments, but was not organized in a uniform way. Neither the program itself nor the participants' performance was evaluated in a structured or validated way. Obstetric emergency skills training is being actively conducted in the majority of the Danish labor wards. However, it still remains a challenge to ensure the uniform organization and evaluation of the current training programs. Development of validated national or international standards for an obstetric training program should be a future aim.

AB - The Danish National Board of Health has recommended that labor wards establish regular obstetric emergency skills training programs. The aim of this study was to describe current practice in Denmark. A questionnaire was sent to all obstetric departments in Denmark in 2008. All responded. Simulation-based training was conducted in 26/28 obstetrical departments. Settings for the training programs were mainly local. Training was provided for shoulder dystocia, postpartum bleeding and basic neonatal resuscitation in almost all the departments, but was not organized in a uniform way. Neither the program itself nor the participants' performance was evaluated in a structured or validated way. Obstetric emergency skills training is being actively conducted in the majority of the Danish labor wards. However, it still remains a challenge to ensure the uniform organization and evaluation of the current training programs. Development of validated national or international standards for an obstetric training program should be a future aim.

KW - Clinical Competence

KW - Computer Simulation

KW - Denmark

KW - Education, Medical, Continuing

KW - Emergency Medical Services

KW - Emergency Medicine

KW - Female

KW - Guideline Adherence

KW - Humans

KW - Manikins

KW - Models, Educational

KW - Obstetrics

KW - Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital

KW - Pregnancy

KW - Questionnaires

U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01278.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01278.x

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 21916858

SN - 0001-6349

VL - 91

SP - 143

EP - 146

JO - Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

JF - Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

IS - 1

ER -