Evaluation of Preservice Midwifery and Nursing Reproductive Health Training in the Philippines

In 1993, JHPIEGO initiated two new programs with the Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing (ADPCN) and the Association of Philippine Schools of Midwifery (APSOM). These programs responded to the need to institutionalize clinical reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP) training, to develop a sustainable, decentralized national clinical training network for RH/FP services and to develop standardized training materials. This network was intended to increase the number of skilled graduating nurses and midwives available to meet the needs of the country. This study assessed the following outcomes in the project-affiliated schools of midwifery and colleges of nursing: institutionalization of FP training, quality of training (both classroom and clinical) and quality of services in the project-affiliated clinics. The plan also included an assessment of the institutionalization of RH/FP and the use of project training materials by all schools of midwifery and colleges of nursing. [publisher’s description]