Determination of Professional Belonging Level and Affecting Factors in Student and Working Midwives

Authors : Sefa Karaman, Ayça Şolt Kırca, Seçil Hür

Pages : 550-557

Doi:10.53424/balikesirsbd.1448392

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Publication Date : 2024-12-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :studying midwifery at universities in Turkey and undergraduate midwives actively working as midwives in the field in Turkey. Materials and Method: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted between 17 January and 29 April 2022 with 174 final year undergraduate midwifery students studying at universities in Turkey and 171 undergraduate graduate midwives actively working as midwives in the field in Turkey. The data were collected through Google questionnaires using a descriptive information form including socio-demographic characteristics, views on midwifery profession and professional activity information and Midwifery Belonging Scale prepared by the researchers. Results: Of the participants, 50.43% were final year undergraduate students and 49.57% were working midwives. The mean age of midwifery students (n:174) was 22.48±1.36 and the mean age of working midwives (n:171) was 32.30±7.90. The mean total score of the student midwives from the midwifery belonging scale was 93.18±10.01 and 90.21±13.18 for the working midwives. While there was a statistical difference between the mean scores of the emotional belonging sub-dimension of the scale between student midwives and working midwives, there was no difference in the other sub-dimension mean scores. A statistical difference was found in the total and sub-dimension mean scores of the midwifery belonging scale between student and working midwives who willingly chose the midwifery department/profession, liked the midwifery department/profession, participated in certified education/congresses, and were members of associations (p<0.05). Conclusion: It was determined that the participants had high levels of professional belonging.
Keywords : Mesleki aidiyet, mesleki aidiyet düzeyi, öğrenci ve çalışan ebeler