Perceptions and satisfaction with the quality of clinical training placements among nursing and midwifery students in Northern Ghana.

Background: Clinical teaching and learning empower students to translate classroom learning into patient care, facilitating their evolution into competent nurses and midwives. Developing competent nurses is crucial for enhancing the quality of the healthcare system, necessitating quality nursing education to equip them with the required knowledge and skills. The quality of clinical placements significantly influences how students acquire skills, knowledge, and clinical reasoning, as well as how they develop as professional nurses and midwives.

A survey of knowledge and practice of simulation among health tutors in selected health training institutions.

Aim: The aim of the study was to describe the knowledge and practice of simulation among health tutors with a view to promoting the use of simulation in health training institutions in the Northern and Upper East Regions of Ghana.

Design: The study was quantitative research that utilized a descriptive cross-sectional survey to describe the knowledge and practice of simulation in teaching.

Methods: A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 138 health tutors who were enumerated through the census for the study.