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Learning in Pairs in Episiotomy Training

NCT07344129 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2026-02-23

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Summary

There are significant shortcomings in current educational practices regarding midwives acquiring episiotomy skills. The acquisition of episiotomy skills by midwifery students begins in episiotomy skills laboratories. Students acquiring these skills in the laboratory involves being able to assess the indications for episiotomy and perform appropriate interventions based on the indication. Numerous intervention studies have been conducted on teaching episiotomy skills to students. In most of these studies, sponges, chickens, and cow tongues were preferred as simulators, and the effectiveness of the training was evaluated by applying different teaching methods. In addition to simulators used in episiotomy training, there are teaching methods used in midwifery clinical education, one of which is the paired learning model. This study was designed as a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of the learning in pairs model in episiotomy training on episiotomy knowledge level, episiotomy self-efficacy, and state anxiety levels among midwifery students. The study will be conducted with a total of 92 midwifery students, divided into an intervention group (n=46) and a control group (n=46) (1:1 ratio). Data will be collected using the "Student Information Form," "Episiotomy Information Form," "Episiotomy Self-Efficacy Scale," and "State Anxiety Inventory" in pre-test and post-test formats. The research sample will consist of all students enrolled in the midwifery program and the Normal Birth and Postpartum Period course who agree to participate in the study. At the end of the study, it is expected that the effects of the learning in pairs (LiP) model on students' learning in episiotomy repair training will be explained. It is believed that the research results will contribute to midwifery education by enriching the methods used in midwifery students' education.

Conditions

  • Learning in Pairs
  • Episiotomy Practice

Interventions

OTHER

Application with learning in pairs

Students will be taken to the laboratory in pairs. A maximum of 4 pairs of students will be taken to the laboratory at the same time. The pairs will share the same table. Students will be instructed to begin episiotomy repair on a calf tongue in accordance with their episiotomy application knowledge and skills and to perform the repair procedure by supporting each other during the repair. Students are expected to repair the incision on the calf tongue separately in pairs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sakarya University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yasemin Hamlacı · Sakarya University Department of Midwifery

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-01
Primary Completion
2026-01-31
Completion
2026-01-31

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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