Ask a Midwife: Acquisition of skills and knowledge of midwives to support low intervention childbirth at birth centres
- Conditions
- Acquisition of skills and knowledge of midwives commencing work in birth centres in Germany
- Registration Number
- DRKS00025383
- Lead Sponsor
- Evangelische Hochschule Berlin
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15
Inclusion Criteria
For the focus groups in the birth centres:
Midwives who have completed their midwifery studies in Germany, are state-certified, and have more than three years experience in birth assistance at the birth centre.
For the midwives commencing work at the birth centre:
Midwives who have completed their midwifery studies in Germany, are state-certified, and began their training at the birth centre no more than three months prior to recruitment.
Exclusion Criteria
Midwives who completed their midwifery studies in a country other than Germany.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary goal of this study is to describe and delineate the skills and knowledge that need to be acquired by state-certified midwives to work independently in free-standing birth centres in Germany to support women to achieve a physiological birth.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method There are no secondary outcomes.