AU - Erfanian, Fatemeh AU - Khadivzadeh, Talat AU - Khadem, Nayereh AU - Khajedelooie, Mohammad TI - The Effect of Teaching by Role Playing on Students' Counseling and Screening Skills toward IUD Clients PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - IJME JN - IJME VO - 8 VI - 2 IP - 2 4099 - http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-858-en.html 4100 - http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-858-en.pdf SO - IJME 2 AB  - Introduction: One of the most important barriers for using IUD (Intra Uterine Device) is inadequate provision of appropriate counseling. Since, employing new training methods is necessary for enhancing midwives` roles in providing appropriate counseling, this study was performed to compare the effect of two methods of traditional training and role playing on students’ skills in counseling. Methods: In this experimental study, 62 midwifery students were randomly allocated in role playing and traditional training groups to participate in a 4 hour workshop about counseling skills for IUD clients. Before and after the workshop students' skills in counseling were assessed. The data gathering tools included a self evaluation form and evaluation checklists for assessing students’ performance in counseling before and after IUD insertion. Comparisons were made using Chi square, Fisher exact text, t-student, Man-Whitney, paired t-test, and Wilcoxon by SPSS software. Results: The mean of students' score in counseling before and after IUD insertion was not different between the two groups in pretest, but the post-tests of the 2 groups in both skills were significantly different. There was a significant difference between pretest and posttest scores in both groups regarding the two skills. Conclusion: Teaching by role playing leads to a better learning of counseling skills. Employing this educational method is recommended for training counseling skills to students. CP - IRAN IN - PhD Student in Nursing, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, and Instructor, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Ibn-Sina St, Mashhad, Iran. LG - eng PB - IJME PG - 275 PT - Original research article YR - 2009