TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards the Elaboration of a Non-Technical Skills Development Model for Midwives in Morocco
AU - Ghafili, Asmaa
AU - Gantare, Abdellah
AU - Lobet-Maris, Claire
AU - Gourdin, Maximilien
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: The authors received funding for publication from the ARES within the framework of the MADER project.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - This article explores the non-technical skills critical for the practice of midwives through a comparison of two maternity services in Morocco. Soft skills, or non-technical skills, present a set of metacognitive abilities, which complement hard or technical skills, in order to guarantee the safe performance of a technical activity. This exploration is based on an original methodology that triangulates observation of caring paths, qualitative interviews, and quantitative questionnaires. We identified the main soft skills mastered, those that were missing, and those to be developed, based on an observed or expressed need. The research population included 30 midwives and 70 women. The results led us to identify the most critical non-technical skills for midwifery practice at a Local Medical Centre (LMC) and a Provincial Hospital Centre (PHC) to better understand the effects of workload on the possibilities of activating non-technical skills during caring paths. Based on these results, we elaborated a model for the development and improvement of non-technical skills in midwifery.
AB - This article explores the non-technical skills critical for the practice of midwives through a comparison of two maternity services in Morocco. Soft skills, or non-technical skills, present a set of metacognitive abilities, which complement hard or technical skills, in order to guarantee the safe performance of a technical activity. This exploration is based on an original methodology that triangulates observation of caring paths, qualitative interviews, and quantitative questionnaires. We identified the main soft skills mastered, those that were missing, and those to be developed, based on an observed or expressed need. The research population included 30 midwives and 70 women. The results led us to identify the most critical non-technical skills for midwifery practice at a Local Medical Centre (LMC) and a Provincial Hospital Centre (PHC) to better understand the effects of workload on the possibilities of activating non-technical skills during caring paths. Based on these results, we elaborated a model for the development and improvement of non-technical skills in midwifery.
KW - assessment
KW - education
KW - management
KW - midwives/midwifery
KW - non-technical skills
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U2 - 10.3390/healthcare10091683
DO - 10.3390/healthcare10091683
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85138527544
SN - 2227-9032
VL - 10
JO - Healthcare
JF - Healthcare
IS - 9
M1 - 1683
ER -