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Fit for practice - a cross-semester training session
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School of Health Sciences, ZHAW Institute of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Winterthur, Switzerland
Publication date: 2025-10-24
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Sandra Grieder
School of Health Sciences, ZHAW Institute of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Winterthur, Switzerland
Eur J Midwifery 2025;9(Supplement 1):A77
ABSTRACT
Overview:
The training session "Fit for Practice" aims to consolidate and strengthen all midwifery
competencies learned by students in the Midwifery Bachelor's Program at ZHAW. By working on obstetrically relevant case studies in cross-semester groups, students deepen various contents from all modules of the first and third semesters. This peer learning event aims to promote the theory-practice transfer and to reflect on what has been learned.
Aims and Objectives:
Students simulate predetermined situations from the areas of pregnancy, childbirth, and
postpartum with actors in cross-semester teams. They observe the experienced situations
and reflect on the options for action from the perspective of their different levels of training. Students identify the necessary actions in midwifery practice situations.
Methods:
As part of this synthesis event, students work in groups on various obstetrically relevant case studies. The case studies are based on topics from pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum and include focuses on ethics, communication, clinical assessment, and obstetric care. Students perform actions in simulation situations as a team according to their level of training and then reflect on their actions and communication in the group.
Results:
The "Fit for Practice" training session promotes joint learning at different levels of training. The actions and reflections enable students to identify physiological and pathological processes, initiate measures, and question them. It becomes clear that learning at different levels of training stimulates reflection and strengthens physiological processes.
Conclusion:
The insights and experiences gained in the synthesis event are intended to help students
further develop and consolidate their midwifery competencies. The derived implications for
practice provide valuable insights and recommendations for action for future professional
situations. Through continuous reflection and application of what has been learned, a
sustainable improvement of practical skills is sought. This will be reviewed in further
iterations and in exchange with practice institutions.