ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Enhancing Empathy and Emotional Awareness in Intrapartum Care Through Role-Reversal Simulation: A Mixed-Methods Study with Midwifery Students.
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objectivesThis study evaluated the effects of a role-reversal simulation-based educational intervention on midwifery students' emotional availability and responsiveness in intrapartum care and explored their experiences of the simulation through qualitative inquiry.
methodsA mixed-methods quasi-experimental one-group pretest-post-test design was used. Forty-nine midwifery students participated in a simulation in which they alternately assumed the roles of a labouring woman and a midwife. Qualitative data were obtained through reflective forms and focus group interviews and analyzed using Braun and Clarke's six-step thematic analysis.
resultsPost-intervention emotional availability and responsiveness scores significantly increased compared with pre-intervention scores (
conclusionsRole-reversal simulation may be a useful educational strategy for strengthening emotional availability and responsiveness in intrapartum care among midwifery students. The qualitative findings further suggest that this learning experience may support empathy-related awareness and reflective learning.
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