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ArticleNursing ethics2022

Midwifery students' experiences of support for ethical competence.

Leena Honkavuo

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Leena HonkavuoÅbo Akademi University, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1956-8790

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backgroundMidwifery students are confronted with several ethical dilemmas and challenging situations during clinical midwifery care practice. Since ethical competence of midwifery students is under development, it is important to support the students' learning progress of ethical issues from diverse viewpoints.

objectiveFrom the perspective of didactics of caring science and the context of midwifery students, to explore how midwifery students' experience supports for ethical competence in midwifery education and investigate how ethically challenging situations have been carried out during clinical midwifery care practice.

designQualitative, explorative and descriptive design with inductive nature.

methodsFocus group interviews with nine Swedish midwifery students. Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics was applied to guide the interpretation. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: Ethical principles and scientific guidelines were followed. Informed consent was obtained from the participants. Confidentiality was respected and quotations anonymised.

resultsReceiving support when ethically challenging situations occur in clinical midwifery practice is important and necessary. One main theme, such as support is a human and caring factor in the midwifery students' Bildung process on ethical competence, and four subthemes, such as supporting through trust and responsibility; supporting through dignity and respect; supporting through truthfulness and justice; and supporting through dialogue and reflection, were created from the hermeneutical interpretation. DISCUSSION: Teaching ethics should be carefully planned, consistent and continue throughout the midwifery education. There is dispersion in the pedagogy of ethical situations, the methods and perceptions associated with it, and in obtaining possible support for students. Developing well-experienced methods could benefit the support of midwifery students' ethical competence when they experience ethically challenging situations in midwifery care practice.

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MidwiferyStudents, NursingClinical CompetenceFemaleFocus GroupsHermeneuticsHumansMoralsPregnancyQualitative ResearchChallenging situationsethical competenceexperienceshermeneuticsmidwifery studentsupport

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PMCPMC8866738

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