The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Professionalism of Professors from The Standpoint of Midwifery Students at Midwifery and Nursing Colleges of Tehran Download PDF

Introduction: Professors’ professionalism has a positive influence on students’ character formation, interest in education, self-efficacy, motivation and academic achievement and indicates their academic success. Current study aims to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy and professionalism of professors from the viewpoint of midwifery students at Midwifery and Nursing colleges of Tehran in 2016. Methodology: The study was descriptive – correlational; samples were all B.S. Midwifery students at Medical Sciences colleges and tool used for gathering information was demographic data, Ansari self-efficacy questionnaire and Fogarety questionnaire for professors’ professionalism. Data were edited and analyzed on SPSS Software. Results: Midwifery students’ average rate of self-efficacy was 74.59 which showed a high self-efficacy among students. Results of Pearson’s Correlational Test showed a meaningful relation between professionalism in terms of professional appeal with diligence(r = .167, p = .027) and self-efficacy (r = .152, p = .044), and between professionalism in terms of independence with diligence (r = .207, and p = .006) and self-efficacy (r = .152, and p = .021). Discussion and conclusion: Professional appeal and job independence were related to self-efficacy. Thus, the more independent the Midwifery professors, the more diligent and self-efficient the Midwifery students.