Review of clinical education of patient safety and error prevention in midwifery students

The importance of preventing medical errors in health care is based on the fact that today the quality of health services is considered to be error-free service, at the right time, by the right person and using the least resources. Accordingly, this study endeavored to review the clinical education of patient safety and error prevention in midwifery students

This narrative study employed Persian databases including SID, Iranmedex, Irandoc and Magiran with the help of keywords including error, risk, midwifery, education, and clinical as well as Latin databases. Included Pubmed, Google Scholar, Erice, Science direct with the keywords of error, risk, midwifery, education, clinical. The Included articles were published in Persian or English between 2000 and 2020 and were in the field of clinical education in midwifery error. Numerous studies with similar content to the purpose of the study were selected and reviewed both quantitatively and qualitatively.

Initially, 2704 articles were found, and finally 194 articles were reviewed, of which 11 related articles were included in the study to be reviewed. Outcomes in several sections were presented like this: form of error definition and types, error clinical training strategies (proper communication with emphasis on communication skills, error reporting and learning from errors, teamwork training for learners, and evidence-based care, informatics-based training, and Web). According to the results of studies on communication skills training, teamwork and learning from mistakes to students improve patient safety.

Based on the results, it is recommended that midwifery teachers increase patient safety and improve midwifery care using active educational methods such as including simulated methods, group discussions, scenario-based and problem-based try to achieve this goal.