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  EVALUATION OF CLINICAL SKILLS in MIDWIVES GRADUATED FROM MASHHAD NURSING AND MIDWIFERY FACULTY and EMPLOYED IN MASHHAD HEALTH CARE CENTERS     Mirzakhani K [1] *, Jahani Shorab N [2] , Golmakani N [3] , Tafazoli M [4] , Ebrahimzadeh S [5]     Received: 29July, 2011 Accepted: 28August, 2011     Abstract   Background & Aims : Suitable Midwifery skills could prevent many deaths of maternal, fetal, and neonatal . Midwifery education has a profound impact on the quality of the above skills . Therefore, this study aimed to d etermine clinical skills of graduated midwives from Mashhad nursing and midwifery faculty who are working at the Mashhad Health care centers .   Materials & Methods : present research would be a kind of cross – sectional investigation . Subjects of this research were the graduated midwives in the recent three years and employed at Mashhad health care centers ( 30 subjects) and their supervisors ( 3 0 subjects). The research tools were “midwife self assessment questionnaire and “evaluation questionnaire by the supervisors “. The collected data was analyzed statistically.   Result : 72/8% of graduates reported their curriculum had a sufficient training program on the management of high-risk condition faced to mothers and children. 56/9% of supervisor were evaluated the skills of graduated in managing high-risk condition of mother and child as expected as or higher than expected. Midwifery graduates performance evaluation with regard to themselves compared to the supervisors evaluation was higher (P

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