Muirne Spooner, Ciarán Reinhardt, Fiona Boland, Samuel McConkey, Teresa Pawlikowska
Risky business: medical students' feedback-seeking behaviours: a mixed methods study
Medical education online
clinical mentors experienced practitioners play important role encouraging professional development students clinical areas responsibility clinical mentorship nursing often difficult maintain however dire need clinical mentorship maternity units especially south african hospitals high maternal mortality rates remain alarmingly high study aimed describe perceptions registered midwives regarding clinical mentorship midwifery students study occurred semirural state regional hospital ethekwini district kwazulunatal qualitative exploratory descriptive design conducted using indepth individual interviews midwives maternity units purposive convenient sampling method recruited 17 registered midwives 3 maternity care areas within single setting interviews audiorecorded data analysed using qualitative content analysis five categories emanated study namely sharing knowledge skills encouraging role model behaviour promoting selfworth challenging task requiring additional support clinical mentorship reciprocal effect teaching learning maternity care areas encouraged registered midwives lead rolemodels process demands competence professionalism leading example despite confidence satisfaction interest clinical mentorship registered midwives often find process challenged patient care priorities therefore registered midwives require additional support mentor students clinical practice article shows clinical mentorship places various challenges registered midwives formal mentorship training could beneficial