The Role Of A Smartphone App For Providing Feedback On Midwifery Training

Thomas Gray, Laura French, Roz Haddrill, Tom Farrell

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Abstract

Background: Student midwives currently provide feedback at the end of a placement. Smartphone technology allows student midwives to provide specific daily feedback on their placement and allows mentors to provide daily feedback on the student’s performance. Methods: Surveys of students and mentors were undertaken to assess current perceptions of feedback at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. Results: 55 student midwives and 61 mentors completed the surveys. 56% of students only provided formal feedback on the mentoring they received annually. 52% of mentors disagreed that they had enough opportunities to provide feedback on the performance of their mentees. 85% said that they never received feedback on their performance as a mentor. Conclusions: Using a Smartphone App to provide daily feedback on mentoring could allow students to provide a daily assessment of their training. Mentors could use the App to provide daily feedback on the student’s performance. This would help overcome the issues highlighted by the survey
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2071-2078
JournalInternational Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Invention
Volume3
Issue number8
Publication statusPublished - 25 Aug 2016
Externally publishedYes

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