Document Type : Original Article
Abstract
Background: Health care workers are the first level of health service providers and the quality of their training is effective in the effectiveness of health programs. This study aims to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the "Integrated Maternal Health Care " multimedia educational package and tries to improve the quality of this educational content.
Methods: The research is descriptive. The studied population are the trainers of District Behvarz training center and samples include 17 chapters (44) files from the educational package. The study environment District Behvarz training center from 10 medical university of sciences in iran. In this study a reliable and valid questionnaire was used. The questionnaire was provided to the participants through the portal of the health affair of the Ministry of Health, and Medical Education. The mean and frequency percentage of findings was classified and analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics.
Results: Evaluators have bachelor's and master's degrees. 83.52% of the them is instructor of District Behvarz training center, 63.95% have a degree in midwifery and 66.23% have more than 10 years of teaching experience. According to the evaluators' statements, 90.37% assigned a score above 70 to the educational package, 92.83% of the educational package content was in accordance with the country guideline. 90.38% if them approved the compliance of the educational package with predetermined protocol.
Conclusions: The educational package is approved by the evaluators in terms of content quality and compliance with the instructions of the Ministry of Health, management and medical education but there are some deficiencies that should be revised to be effective in improving health indicators in rural areas and the target group of pregnant mothers.