Analysis of factors affecting laboratory skills physical examination of pregnant women in diii midwifery students

Laboratory skills are important skills that must be possessed by midwifery students. Skill Laboratory is a learning model that aims to teach clinical skills as early as possible. This model helps students achieve competency in mastering the clinical skills needed as a provision before doing direct practice with real patients9. Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors that influence the physical examination skills of pregnant women in DIII Midwifery students. Method: analytic observational with cross sectional design. The population in this study was DIII Midwifery students, Stikes Salewangang Maros, the sample in this study was DIII Midwifery students in the fourth semester using total sampling technique (42 respondents).Students were asked to do a laboratory practice of physical examination of pregnant women on Phantom in the laboratory 2 times a week for one month (8 times), then a test was carried out to determine the physical examination skills of pregnant women using a checklist. Data analysis used the chi square test to determine the relationship between variables and multiple logistic regression test to determine the most influential variable.