The Learning Process of Midwifery Students on the Assessment of Labor Progre ss

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to pursue the efficient use of the clinical settings, and instructor's behaviors that lead to more efficient learnings for midwifery students. For the purpose, this study is aimed to be known the learning processes of them. So, 7 midwifery students, who were studing under midwifery educational program at a college, were interviewed every after being over their clinical leanings of labor terms. The results were as follows.
1. The learning process:
They were acc umlating their learnings on what they felt their shortage of.
2. The 5 developmetal stages on the assessment of labor progress:
The 1 stage: afford to think of no labor progress.
The 2 stage: catch the atmosphere of progressing the labor.
The 3 stage: catch the signs of the gradual progressing the labor.
The 4 stage: catch the signs of the labor progress broadly from woman's behaviors.
The 5 stage: catch the particular delicate signs which indicate labor progress precisely.