Respectful maternity care among midwifery graduates trained under competency-based versus conventional curricula in Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Background

In Ethiopia, midwifery education emphasizes theory over practice, limiting clinical competence, including professional behaviors. Debre Tabor University (DTU) adopted a competency-based curriculum in 2013 to address this. This study examined whether graduates trained under competency-based and conventional curricula differed in their observed provision of respectful maternity care (RMC).