Designing and Executing a Checklist for Evaluating Midwifery Students’ Practical Skills

Background: This study aimed to design and execute a reliable checklist for evaluating midwifery students’ clinical skills. Materials and Methods: In this cross‑sectional study, 8 checklists were designed and validated for midwifery procedures. The students’ performances were compared using this method and two other evaluation methods. Results: The face and content validity of all questions were approved (content validity ratio and content validity index 0.80, inter‑rater reliability 0.50, and Cronbach’s alpha 0.70). The rate of the students’ satisfaction was 19%, 14%, and 76% with the nonchecklist method, the general checklist, and the designed checklist, respectively. Furthermore, both students (F2,60 = 107.07, p 0.004) and evaluators (F2,9 = 152.23, p 0.001) gained significantly higher attitude scores towards the new checklist compared to the two other methods. Conclusions: The designed checklist was quite reliable and valid for evaluating the midwifery students’ clinical skills