NCT06832332

Alternative Birth Positions During the Second Stage

Midwifery Students' Experiences and Opinions on Alternative Birthing Positions in the Second Stage of Labor

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Simulation training provided before clinical practice at many universities helps students feel confident and well prepared for the clinical environment. Simulation-based learning not only improves professional competence in midwifery educators but also equips and empowers midwifery students in practice. In undergraduate midwifery education, students are provided obstetric skills training on electronic fetal monitoring (EFM), delivery management, shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, breech delivery, umbilical cord prolapse and perineal repair (incision and episiotomy). It has been determined that simulation-based training positively affects the perceived readiness of the participants. It is emphasized that health personnel should be encouraged to freely choose birth positions and be informed about the risks and benefits of upright and supine positions. This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of midwifery students' use of alternative birth positions in the second stage of labor on students' anxiety, self-efficacy, skill and knowledge levels.

Conditions

• Simulation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	alternative birthing positions	In this stage, students will be given a simulated breech birth with alternative birth positions as opposed to the traditional position in the second stage of labor.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-20
• Primary completion: 2025-03-30
• Completion: 2025-03-30
• First posted: 2025-02-18
• Last updated: 2025-02-18