Current Issues and Challenges of Clinical Education in Nursing and Midwifery in Africa: Protocol of a Scoping Review Study

Introduction: Quality clinical education is regarded an essential component of nursing and midwifery education.However, poorly trained nurses or midwives with skills and knowledge deficits provide ineffective nursing care with serious consequences on patients safety.The overall aim of this study is to provide a documented evidence of issues and challenges of clinical education in nursing and midwifery in Africa as well as identify areas that require primary research. Methods and Analysis:The research team develops a search strategy following a preliminary search for databases.The following computer-assisted, data-based engines are used for the search: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Nursing and Health Sciences, Scopus, EBSCO host (i.e Science Direct, Medline), Google and Google Scholar.Data extraction will be done by five reviewers in parallel.A thematic analysis of the studies will be carried out to extract relevant outcomes. Discussion:We envisage finding a large number of studies on clinical education in nursing and midwifery in Africa, if summarized, will be relevant in guiding future studies.