Investigating international management and organization st and ards in midwifery and proposing appropriate national st and ards

ABSTRACT

Nowadays, it is essential to the educational systems to move toward effective and optimal education. The necessity of managerial and educational programs adaptation with professional improvement and st and ards is felt well. Since midwifery education plays an important role in the public health improvement, this study has tried to determine international management and organization st and ards in midwifery education and also suggests appropriate national st and ards. This was a Triangulation study conducted in 2003. The research samples consisted of managers of midwifery department with bachelor's degree and also the members of the division of midwifery board who were selected by convenience and census sampling respectively. In order to suggest domestic st and ards,data collection was performed during 6 stages. After a vast research and collecting the st and ards of different countries through stages 1-3, the proposed area and st and ards were determined by experts in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Through stages 4-7, Delphi method was used to take votes and finally resuls were analyzed via descriptive statistics. The findings of this study include 2 distinct areas and 37suggested st and ards for mission and goals [13 st and ards], management and organization [24 st and ards]. Extracting management and organization st and ards in midwifery education and suggesting appropriate national st and ards can help the planner to collect midwifery mission and goals. It is important for designing managing structure and finally for evaluation of management system in midwifery dicipline according to these st and ards