Clinical error management training for midwifery students in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd

INTRODUCTION: Today, the quality of health services is considered to be providing “error-free” services, at the right time, by the right person and with the least resources. In recent years, education through evidence-based care has been emphasized by health system policymakers as a way to improve care standards. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to teach clinical error management to midwifery students in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd. METHODS: The present study was performed using consensus-based methods based on Delphi technique to identify the most common errors and the best educational solution for its management with the participation of 21 midwives by purposive sampling method in Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd in 2018. The rate of agreement was 75% or more. Descriptive statistical methods and SPSS-18 software were used for analysis. RESULTS: The most important errors mentioned were as follows: In the field of hospital care, it was the scope of care during labor and in clinical care, it was the scope of prenatal care. The most important error reduction strategies that were considered in the clinical guide in general were emphasizing the following: active supervision of instructors during the provision of students' clinical services, paying attention to the evaluation of service provision with the least incidence of errors in end-of-course evaluation, make changes in clinical teaching methods, attention to the use of active teaching methods and the use of educational software. The cases were considered separately in each of the mentioned errors. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Incidence of errors in pregnancy and childbirth as the most errors of midwifery students in the field of hospital and clinical care was agreed on. Therefore, considering this issue and the importance of preventing errors to provide quality services to mothers and infants, it seems that it is time to make changes in clinical education in this field by emphasizing the use of active educational methods.