“Keep It Simple”—Co-Creation of a Tailored Newborn Resuscitation Course for Midwifery Students

Linda Wike Ljungblad,1 Kirsti Skovdahl,2 Brendan McCormack,2,3 Bente Dahl1 1Centre for Women’s, Family and Child Health, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway; 2Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway; 3Centre for Person-Centred Practice Research, School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UKCorrespondence: Linda Wike LjungbladCentre for Women’s, Family and Child Health, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, P.O. Box 235, Kongsberg, N-3603, NorwayTel +47 93458429Email Linda.W.Ljungblad@usn.noPurpose: To develop a tailored newborn resuscitation course for midwifery students.Patients and Methods: A qualitative study using an explorative, abductive approach was applied. Co-creation through workshops was facilitated to develop a tailored newborn resuscitation course for midwifery students. Four workshops with midwifery students and midwives were conducted from May to October 2020. Twenty participants attended one workshop of their choice. Five out of Norway’s six midwifery education programmes participated, and included midwives from across Norway. All workshops were held digitally via the Zoom platform. A seven-step framework analysis method was applied to analyse the workshop data.Results: We identified four themes: 1) practice guidance, 2) technical skills 3) non-technical skills 4) innovative methods.Conclusion: Findings emphasize the importance of practice guidance, technical skills, non-technical skills and innovative methods to facilitate the learning process. However, these skills cannot be acquired without the context to facilitate them, and thus a supportive culture is essential to sustain newborn resuscitation expertise as a midwife/midwifery student. We found that midwives expressed the same need to learn, train and prepare themselves for newborn resuscitation as midwifery students. The importance of facilitating the learning of newborn ...