title: An evaluative survey to assess the effectiveness of using an interactive workbook to deliver bereavement education to undergraduate student midwives.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  the NMSF (2009) reported that 74 Trusts (40%) in the UK lack expertise in delivering maternity based bereavement care. In response, three midwifery lecturers were issued with a small grant from NHS Scotland to devise and evaluate an interactive workbook intended to develop student midwives understanding of how to deliver high quality bereavement care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to develop a workbook called--'an interactive workbook to shape bereavement care for midwives in clinical practice'--and evaluate it for effectiveness at delivering learning objectives developed from the literature and from prior written lesson plans.
  
  
  METHODS
  an evaluative audit was carried out using a scored questionnaire--Understanding Bereavement Evaluation Tool (UBET)--to gather data before and post-workbook completion. The UBET was purposely designed to gather data about participants' perceived level of learning before and post-workbook completion. Participants were student midwives (n=179) in their second/third year of study on a three year midwifery degree programme at one of three universities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the mean pre-workbook UBET score equalled 16.04 (SD=3.81) and post-intervention 26.45 (SD=2.16). A significant main effect of observation point was observed (p<0.001), with post-intervention scores considerably higher than pre-intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  findings demonstrate that the workbook is an effective method for teaching bereavement care to student midwives (it is available from the first author).
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Care, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Electronic address: C.J.Hollins-Martin@salford.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Caroline J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hollins Martin
authors.affiliation: School of Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: Eleanor.Forrest@gcu.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Eleanor
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Forrest
authors.affiliation: School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of Scotland, UK. Electronic address: Linda.Wylie@uws.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wylie
authors.affiliation: Buckinghamshire New University & West London Mental Health NHS Trust, Faculty of Health and Society, Buckinghamshire New University, England, UK. Electronic address: colin.martin@bucks.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Colin R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001601:Bereavement; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Bereavement; Midwifery; Teaching