Enhance midwifery student skills about active management third stage labor via learning media

ABSTRACT

Objective: This research was aimed to develop and test virtual reality-based learning media in improving active management skills of the third stage labor in midwifery students. Methods: This study uses a Research and Development (R&D) research design method developed by Borg and Gall. The stages of this study consisted of; analysis of the needs of virtual reality-based learning media about active management of the third stage, planning of the development of instructional media development, development of instructional media, expert validation, one-on-one trials, small group trials, large group trials, and the final product of learning media. Results: The percentage of instructional media assessment using questionnaires in the expert validation test and large group trials in this study showed the calculation of the results of the learning media rating according to material experts (86%) category is very feasible, according to media experts scored (85%) very feasible. The results of trials to students score (95.3%) so that virtual reality-based learning media about active management of the third stage made are very feasible to be used as learning media for midwifery students in the active management skills of students the third stage. Conclusion: Virtual reality-based learning media about active management of the third stage labor are designed according to the needs of lecturers and students with additional features of bleeding warning, anatomy of placental physiology and are declared to be very suitable for use as learning media for midwifery students. (AU)