Table 2 Comparing the students’ scores of normal vaginal delivery skills

1-Did the student perform the control of the perineum when exiting the birth canal correctly?

3.21 ± 0.42

2.66 ± 0.48

0.55 ± 0.13

0.000

3.81 ± 0.73

3.36 ± 0.49

0.45 ± 0.18

0.020

3.90 ± 0.70

3.68 ± 0.64

0.22 ± 0.20

0.284

2- Did the student turn the head correctly?

3.21 ± 0.42

2.66 ± 0.48

0.55 ± 0.13

0.000

3.63 ± 0.65

3.18 ± 0.39

0.45 ± 0.16

0.008

4.04 ± 0.66

3.54 ± 0.59

0.50 ± 0.19

0.013

3- Did the student check the umbilical cord around the neck correctly?

3.21 ± 0.51

3.00 ± 0.44

0.21 ± 0.14

0.146

3.81 ± 0.66

3.31 ± 0.47

0.50 ± 0.17

0.006

4.57 ± 0.50

4.00 ± 0.53

0.57 ± 0.15

0.001

4- Did the student hold and removed the baby’s head correctly?

3.39 ± 0.49

3.19 ± 0.40

0.20 ± 0.13

0.152

4.36 ± 0.65

3.54 ± 0.67

0.81 ± 0.20

0.000

4.19 ± 0.60

3.68 ± 0.47

0.50 ± 0.16

0.004

5- Did the student deliver the baby’s body correctly?

3.26 ± 0.44

3.09 ± 0.30

0.16 ± 0.11

0.162

4.27 ± 0.82

3.50 ± 0.74

0.77 ± 0.23

0.002

4.52 ± 0.67

4.13 ± 0.63

0.38 ± 0.20

0.061

6- Has the student done the filling correctly?

3.39 ± 0.49

3.04 ± 0.21

0.34 ± 0.11

0.006

4.50 ± 0.74

4.00 ± 0.75

0.50 ± 0.22

0.032

4.71 ± 0.84

4.27 ± 0.76

0.44 ± 0.24

0.080

7- Did the student carry the baby correctly?

3.30 ± 0.55

3.19 ± 0.51

0.11 ± 0.16

0.486

4.22 ± 0.92

3.59 ± 0.66

0.63 ± 0.24

0.012

4.85 ± 0.79

4.27 ± 0.45

0.58 ± 0.19

0.005

8- Did the student clamp the umbilical cord correctly?

3.21 ± 0.42

2.95 ± 0.58

0.26 ± 0.15

0.092

4.31 ± 0.83

3.72 ± 0.63

0.59 ± 0.22

0.012

4.71 ± 0.71

4.04 ± 0.37

0.66 ± 0.17

0.000

Mean skill scores

3.47 ± 0.51

3.14 ± 0.57

0.33 ± 0.16

0.046

4.11 ± 0.23

3.52 ± 0.20

0.59 ± 0.06

0.000

4.44 ± 0.24

3.95 ± 0.21

0.48 ± 0.07

0.000