The Relationship of Midwifery Clinical Learning Environment to Student Academic Anxiety Levels

Abstract

The clinical learning environment is the context in which students of midwifery or other health professions gain hands-on practical experience in real clinical settings, such as hospitals, health centers, or other health facilities. This environment includes physical, social, and psychological aspects that affect the learning process of students during clinical practice. Purpose this study was to determine the correlation of the clinical learning environment with the level of anxiety in clinical learning for undergraduate midwifery students. This is used a correlative with a cross sectional approach. the sample used total sampling. a sample of 69 students using the SECEE and CTAS-24 questionnaires. instruments to measure the clinical learning environment and Cognitive Academic Anxienty Scale (CTAS) instruments to measure anxiety levels. This study used a sampling technique, namely the total sampling method. The statistical test used was Spearman Rank. The research results of bivariate analysis showed that there was a relationship between the clinical learning environment and anxiety level with spearman rank analysis p=0.000 and r=-0.769 with a negative correlation direction, where the worse the clinical learning environment will increase anxiety. There is a need to improve the quality of the clinical learning environment, which greatly affects the success rate of learning, students' readiness to face clinical situations, and their professional development. Factors such as support from clinical instructors, quality of interactions with patients, and availability of adequate resources and facilities play an important role in creating an effective and conducive learning environment.