title: A Rapid Assessment Tool for affirming good practice in midwifery education programming.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to design a criterion-referenced assessment tool that could be used globally in a rapid assessment of good practices and bottlenecks in midwifery education programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  a standard tool development process was followed, to generate standards and reference criteria; followed by external review and field testing to document psychometric properties.
  
  
  METHODS
  review of standards and scoring criteria were conducted by stakeholders around the globe. Field testing of the tool was conducted in Myanmar.
  
  
  METHODS
  eleven of Myanmar׳s 22 midwifery education programs participated in the assessment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the clinimetric tool was demonstrated to have content validity and high inter-rater reliability in use.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  a globally validated tool, and accompanying user guide and handbook are now available for conducting rapid assessments of compliance with good practice criteria in midwifery education programming.
authors.affiliation: Independent Consultant, 7717 Canyon Point Lane, San Diego, CA 92126-2049, USA. Electronic address: j.fullerton@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Judith T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Fullerton
authors.affiliation: Jhpiego, 1615 Thames Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA. Electronic address: Peter.Johnson@jhpiego.org.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Jhpiego, 1615 Thames Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA. Electronic address: eblobe@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lobe
authors.affiliation: Jhpiego - Myanmar, No. 78, Thanlwin Lane, Bahan Township, PO 11201, Yangon, Myanmar. Electronic address: khinehaymarmyint.dr@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Khine Haymar
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Myint
authors.affiliation: Jhpiego - Myanmar, No. 78, Thanlwin Lane, Bahan Township, PO 11201, Yangon, Myanmar. Electronic address: nannanag@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nan Nan
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Aung
authors.affiliation: Jhpiego - Myanmar, No. 78, Thanlwin Lane, Bahan Township, PO 11201, Yangon, Myanmar. Electronic address: thida.moe@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Thida
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moe
authors.affiliation: Jhpiego - Myanmar, No. 78, Thanlwin Lane, Bahan Township, PO 11201, Yangon, Myanmar. Electronic address: nayaquarious@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nay Aung
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Linn
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D002052:Myanmar; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012579:Schools, Nursing
keywords: Competency based education; Educational assessment tool; Midwifery education; Quality assessment