The effect of Team Based Learning and Classical Lecture on the Knowledge and Attitudes of Midwifery Students in the Course of Midwifery Emergency

Introduction: Team-based learning (TBL) is a new teaching strategy in participatory and active learning that uses in individual or groups of students in problem-solving method. This study aimed to compare the effect of two methods of teaching classical lecture and TBL method on midwifery students ́ knowledge and attitude in midwifery emergencies course. Method: In this clinical trial, post-test evaluation was conducted on 30 undergraduate midwifery students of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. The students were divided into two groups according to grade point average and then were randomly assigned to the groups of teaching, classical lecture (15 students) and the other group teaching to TBL (15 students). Educational intervention for each group was done separately for 2 hours in 5 sessions. The effect of methods assessed on the attitude by a 20-item questionnaire and on the knowledge by the final exam which was completed in 5 sessions in both methods. Data were analyzed using independent t-test by