The International Confederation of Midwives essential competencies for basic midwifery practice. an update study: 2009-2010.

OBJECTIVE a 2-year study was conducted to update the core competencies for basic midwifery practice, first delineated by the International Confederation of Midwives in 2002. A competency domain related to abortion-related care services was newly developed. DESIGN a modified Delphi survey process was conducted in two phases: a pilot item affirmation study, and a global field survey. SETTING a global survey conducted in 90 countries. PARTICIPANTS midwifery educators or clinicians associated with midwifery education schools and programmes located in any of the ICM member association countries. Additional participants represented the fields of nursing, medicine, and midwifery regulatory authorities. A total of 232 individuals from 63 member association and five non-member countries responded to one or both of the surveys. The achieved sample represented 42% of member association countries, which was less than the 51% target. However, the sample was proportionally representative of ICM's nine global regions. MEASUREMENTS survey respondents expressed an opinion whether to retain or to delete any of 255 statements of midwifery knowledge, skill, or professional behaviour. They also indicated whether the item should be a basic (core) item of midwifery knowledge or skill that would be included as mandatory content in a programme of midwifery pre-service education, or whether the item could be added to the fund of knowledge or acquired as an additional skill by those who would need or wish to include the item within the scope of their clinical practice. FINDINGS a majority consensus of .85 was required to accept the item without further deliberation. An expert panel made final decisions in all instances where consensus was not achieved. The panel also amended the wording of selected items, or added new items based on feedback received from survey respondents. The final document contains 268 items organised within seven competency domains.

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