Roosevelt L, Diebel M, Zielinski RE. Achieving competency in vaginal examinations: The challenge of balancing student learning needs with best practice in maternity care.
Midwifery 2018. [PMID:
29524775 DOI:
10.1016/j.midw.2018.02.016]
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Abstract
Assessment of labor progress through vaginal digital examination (VE) remains one of the most challenging skills for midwifery students. As VE during labor has become a less frequent occurrence there are less opportunities for student midwives to gain mastery of the skill. Best practices for teaching and evaluating VE involve a step-wise, multi modal approach. More research is needed on how to standardize teaching for this essential skill.
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