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Development of scenarios for multilingual childbirth simulation teaching materials to improve the practical skills of midwifery students and the teaching skills of midwives
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Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
Eur J Midwifery 2026;10(Supplement 1):A801
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
In Japan, the number of births has dropped dramatically, low-risk births that midwifery students can deliver is also decreasing, and by foreign mothers is increasing, making it difficult even for experienced clinical midwives to handle them. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop a scenario for childbirth simulation teaching materials to improve the practical skills of multilingual midwifery students and the midwifery care instruction skills of clinical midwives.
DISCUSSION:
First, phrases that midwives use in daily delivery care were extracted in Japanese from previous studies. As a result, four categories were obtained: acceptance/affirmation (accepting the delivery woman and giving her a sense of security), questions (checking and clarifying the delivery woman's condition), suggestions (informing her of how to push and breathe), and information (explaining the status of the procedure). Next, using multiple translation apps, the Japanese was translated into 10 languages, then back translated, and three midwives checked for strange expressions. In addition, the international students were asked to check whether there were any unnatural expressions in each language, and the four categories were presented in 10 languages according to the timeline of the delivery period. The future challenge will be to verify the reliability and validity of this scenario among midwifery students and clinical supervising midwives in order to increase its clinical usefulness. This will contribute to the realization of care that respects the cultural diversity of the home countries of foreign women and their families who give birth in Japan.
EVIDENCE WHERE RELEVANT:
The selection of the languages was based on the Vital statistics (2023), trends in the number of foreign residents in Japan by nationality and region (2024).
KEY MESSAGE:
Japanese midwives also provide care for women and childbearing families with respect for cultural diversity while also working to eliminate harmful practices within those same cultures. Poster session 3 (Group B)
In Japan, the number of births has dropped dramatically, low-risk births that midwifery students can deliver is also decreasing, and by foreign mothers is increasing, making it difficult even for experienced clinical midwives to handle them. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop a scenario for childbirth simulation teaching materials to improve the practical skills of multilingual midwifery students and the midwifery care instruction skills of clinical midwives.
DISCUSSION:
First, phrases that midwives use in daily delivery care were extracted in Japanese from previous studies. As a result, four categories were obtained: acceptance/affirmation (accepting the delivery woman and giving her a sense of security), questions (checking and clarifying the delivery woman's condition), suggestions (informing her of how to push and breathe), and information (explaining the status of the procedure). Next, using multiple translation apps, the Japanese was translated into 10 languages, then back translated, and three midwives checked for strange expressions. In addition, the international students were asked to check whether there were any unnatural expressions in each language, and the four categories were presented in 10 languages according to the timeline of the delivery period. The future challenge will be to verify the reliability and validity of this scenario among midwifery students and clinical supervising midwives in order to increase its clinical usefulness. This will contribute to the realization of care that respects the cultural diversity of the home countries of foreign women and their families who give birth in Japan.
EVIDENCE WHERE RELEVANT:
The selection of the languages was based on the Vital statistics (2023), trends in the number of foreign residents in Japan by nationality and region (2024).
KEY MESSAGE:
Japanese midwives also provide care for women and childbearing families with respect for cultural diversity while also working to eliminate harmful practices within those same cultures. Poster session 3 (Group B)
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