An Implementation Research of Simulation Based Mentorship Program

"In this program, local level mentors were developed to provide regular mentorship on low-dose high-frequency approach in contrast to one-time coaching in a long gap. This program combined the existing package of the continuum of care along with Helping Babies Survive (HBS) \& Helping Mothers Survive (HMS) guidelines, adopting a simulation-based onsite mentoring and coaching approach. The mentors provided monthly mentorship on following seven modules topics to the nurses of the intervention birthing centers:~1. Infection prevention~2. Antenatal care and counseling~3. Essential care of labor and birth~4. Helping babies breathe~5. Bleeding after birth~6. Essential care of labor and birth~7. Postnatal care and counseling~Every monthly session was followed by four weekly practice sessions. The nurses from intervention birthing centers were also called mentees."