Kirk, Leah, Ridley, Neesha, Babolcsay, Sherrylynne, McCrimmon, Rebekah and Hudson-Tandy, Rebecca (2022) Do team building activities facilitate development of NHS values in undergraduate midwifery students? Evidence Based Midwifery, 20 (2). pp. 36-42.

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Abstract

Background: On the BSc Midwifery course we have facilitated one-day events each year where the students participate in team building activities with the aim of helping them
to develop the skills required to foster National Health Service (NHS) values in their future practice. We wanted to establish, from a student perspective, whether these events fulfil this aim.

Aim: To assess the impact of team building activities on the development of NHS values in year one undergraduate midwifery students.

Ethical approval: Ethical approval was granted by the ethics committee online from the higher education institution.

Methods: An electronic questionnaire was sent to all year one students following the team building event. The design was exploratory, using a convenience sample of 64 first-year
undergraduate midwifery students who attended the team building event.
Summary information about the study was shared with the students in a Word document using Microsoft Teams before the event. Data analysis involved the collation of the descriptive statistics and thematic analysis of
the narrative responses provided by each student. Four members of the research team conducted the thematic analysis individually and then met to triangulate the themes and
ensure consistent interpretation.

Results: The questions asked were focused on NHS values and how students felt the team building event contributed to the development of each NHS value: working together;
compassion; respect and dignity; improving lives; commitment to quality care and everyone counts.
Forty-five questionnaires were returned completed in full and all questions were answered, this is a 70 per cent (n=45) response rate, and all students offered some qualitative
narrative information. When asked specifically about the development of each NHS value the one which received the highest rate of ‘very useful’ in helping them develop the skill was ‘respect and dignity’. The NHS value which received the most mixed response was ‘improving lives’ as this had most of the students responding with ‘somewhat useful’ in
helping them to develop the skill.

Conclusion: In this small study the majority of first-year student midwives stated that team building activities were of great benefit in the facilitation of their development of the NHS values. They also reported the activities enhanced any existing skills and helped them to consider these in relation to their new role as a student midwife. Overwhelmingly the
students enjoyed the day and the event enabled them to get to know each other and make friends in a fun and relaxed environment.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics R Medicine > RT Nursing
School/Department:	School of Science, Technology and Health
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/13876

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