Peer group supervision is an efficient method to assist midwives to solve complicated cases: A case-study in the Women’s Clinic, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Estonia

Marika Merits, Marika Merits and Irena Bartels, Irena Bartels and Annely Kärema, Annely Kärema (2019) Peer group supervision is an efficient method to assist midwives to solve complicated cases: A case-study in the Women’s Clinic, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Estonia. European Journal of Midwifery, 3 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 2585-2906

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION Midwives have a remarkable influence on various outcomes in
healthcare, of which the activities related to the management during the childbirth
are emphasised the most. Midwives like all healthcare workers encounter many
different stressors in clinical practice, including time pressure, excessive workload,
different roles, and emotional issues. The profession of the midwife requires much
knowledge, competence, good attitude and self-confidence in order to cope with
many different complicated situations and dilemmas. This study has been conducted
under the project: ‘Increasing midwives’ ethical competence: a European educational
and practice development project (INEC)’.
METHODS This is a qualitative case study. The current case study involved 7
midwives of the Women’s Clinic, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Estonia; the midwives
expressed their willingness and agreed to take part in the activities of the peer group
supervisors. The aim of the case study was to find how peer group supervision as a method helps midwives to solve complicated cases and dilemmas, helping them to maintain self-confidence and therefore to manage stress at work more effectively. RESULTS All the participating midwives shared the opinion that peer group supervision helps midwives to cope with complicated situations and dilemmas more effectively, it empowers professional skills and self-confidence, and so contributes
to more effective stress management at work. Also, the midwives expressed hope that this topic would be useful for the professional midwives and to other employees working in the field of healthcare, that encounter complicated cases in their daily work, and so will form an active team of peer group supervision. CONCLUSIONS Peer group supervision is an efficient method that helps midwives
solve complicated cases in the Women’s Clinic, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Estonia.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	peer group supervision, midwives’ activities, complicated cases
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine
Depositing User:	Mrs Ni Made Yunia Dwi Savitri
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2022 03:19
Last Modified:	15 Jun 2022 03:19
URI:	http://eprints.triatmamulya.ac.id/id/eprint/1192

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