Determining the Professional Belongings of Midwifery Department Students and Their Opinions about the Present and Future of Midwifery Profession
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Aim: This study was conducted to determine the professional belonging of midwifery department students and their thoughts about the present and future of the midwifery profession.
Material and Method: The research is descriptive/cross-sectional and was conducted with 270 students studying in the midwifery department. Descriptive Information Form and Midwifery Affiliation Scale (MAS) was used to collect the data.
Results: It was found that the total mean MAS score of the 2nd grade students of the midwifery department was 76.14 ± 13.33, 85.05 ± 18.16 for the 3rd grade students and 97.88 ± 21.68 for the 4th grade students; it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the classes in terms of total and sub-dimension mean scores of MAS (p<0.05). In addition, it has been determined that as the grades in which students study increase, their expectations from midwifery education and profession increase.
Conclusion: It was found that as the grades of the students increased, their status of finding the current developments in the midwifery profession sufficient and their optimistic thoughts about the future of the profession decreased, and the professional belonging of the undergraduate education they received increased.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Belonging, Midwifery, Midwifery Student, Midwifery Department, Profession
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