Hafaza B Amod, Lindani Ndlovu, Petra Brysiewicz
Clinical mentorship of midwifery students: The perceptions of registered midwives
Health SA = SA Gesondheid
mentored clinical practice central demonstrating achievement international educational standards advanced musculoskeletal physical therapy traditionally delivered facetoface telehealth ementoring novel alternative offering unique pedagogy facilitate mentee critical reflection deeper learning enhanced knowledge translation optimise patient care covid19 resulting widespread adoption telehealth access mentors often limited geography cost potential value telehealth ementoring needs investigating investigate experiences outcomes multiple stakeholders student mentees mentors patients engaged musculoskeletal physical therapy telehealth ementoring across two universities uk canada using case study design use sequential mixed methods involving qualitative quantitative components based existing evidence examine influence telehealth ementoring health outcomes patients musculoskeletal complaints use patientreported outcomes satisfaction patient empowerment change musculoskeletal health conduct semistructured interviews explore development critical thinking clinical reasoning communication skills confidence students engaged telehealth ementoring explore mentor acceptability appropriateness telehealth ementoring conduct focus group site finally include focus group participants site allow crosscultural comparison findings inform international stakeholders quantitative data analysed using descriptive statistics median iqr describe changes outcome data qualitative data analysed following framework method study ethical approval institutions university birmingham ern200695 western university 202011623347832 findings published peerreviewed journal disseminated key stakeholders musculoskeletal physical therapy education practice