Developing and validating a tool for assessing the confidence in the competence of midwifery tutors in India on WHO core competency domains.

Autor:	Jha P; Foundation for Research in Health Systems (FRHS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India., Sharma B; Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India., Ponnusamy P; Mamta Health Institute of Mother and Child, New Delhi, India., Sahoo PC; Foundation for Research in Health Systems (FRHS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India., Jha VK; Foundation for Research in Health Systems (FRHS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India., Kathuria N; Mamta Health Institute of Mother and Child, New Delhi, India., Mehra D; Mamta Health Institute of Mother and Child, New Delhi, India., Gupta S; World Health Organization, India Office, New Delhi, India., Pandey A; World Health Organization, India Office, New Delhi, India., Chahar R; World Health Organization, India Office, New Delhi, India., McConville FE; World Health Organization, Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland., Gandhi M; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Lead, Program Advocacy: Family Health, Immunization & Infectious Diseases, New Delhi, India., Bogren M; Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	PLOS global public health [PLOS Glob Public Health] 2024 Aug 29; Vol. 4 (8), pp. e0003626. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 29 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pgph.0003626
Abstrakt:	Negligible quantitative research evidence exists on standardisation and psychometric validation of questionnaires that measure midwifery educators' confidence in their competence. This study developed a self-assessment of confidence in competence questionnaire in India based on the WHO Midwifery Educator Core Competencies (2014) with an aim to develop and validate a self-assessment tool measuring midwifery tutors' confidence in competence in imparting quality midwifery education. The questionnaire was developed as part of a multi-centre study to identify confident midwifery tutors for further training as educators, supporting India's rollout of professional midwives. The questionnaire underwent rigorous psychometric testing among 2016 midwifery tutors in India. Following exploratory Principal Component Analyses (PCA), the nine core competencies outlined in the WHO document were analysed separately. The results indicate that the questionnaire is psychometrically valid, with an internal consistency range of 0.81-0.93 for the nine domains. This robust testing process ensures the reliability and validity of the questionnaire. The self-assessment questionnaire can potentially be a valuable tool in India and other high-, middle-, and low-income countries. From a programmatic perspective, it can help identify key gaps and prioritise training needs, particularly in low-resource settings, so that limited resources are best utilised to fill the most prominent gaps. Furthermore, it can provide a universal platform for comparing data from different settings, facilitating global collaboration and learning in midwifery education. Competing Interests: We have read the journal policies for reporting competing interests and would like to declare that at the time of study conduction and manuscript submission, RC worked at the WHO country office, FEM worked at WHO Head Quarters and MG worked at BMGF India Office. (Copyright: © 2024 Jha et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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