Shikuku, Duncan N, Tallam, Edna, Wako, Ibrahim, Mualuko, Agnes, Waweru, Lucy, Nyaga, Lucy, Bashir, Isaak and Ameh, Charles 
ORCID: 0000-0002-2341-7605
(2022)
Educators' perceptions of the early impact of COVID-19 on midwifery training in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey.
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, 14 (3).
pp. 336-338.
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Abstract
<h4>Background</h4>This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the perceptions of Kenyan midwifery educators regarding the early impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the continuity of midwifery education.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among 51 midwifery/clinical medicine educators from 35 diploma training colleges from all eight regions of Kenya. Educators' concerns and satisfaction regarding the delivery of training during the early phases of the pandemic were expressed as proportions on a three-point Likert scale.<h4>Results</h4>Of the educators, 76% were extremely concerned about face-to-face teaching during the pandemic; 96% of educators had started delivering virtual teaching (VT), with only 41% being extremely confident in facilitating VT; and 97% were unsatisfied with the measures in place in their institutions to continue face-to-face teaching.<h4>Conclusion</h4>To minimise the impact of COVID-19 on midwifery education in Kenya, capacity building for VT and mitigation measures for safe in-person training are urgently needed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19, Kenya, midwifery, preservice training, virtual teaching |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2023 14:07 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2023 14:07 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/inthealth/ihab065 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3171476 |
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