Corrective steps should be taken to improve on quality teaching. Finally, the research project aimed at highlighting the fact that to maintain quality teaching and learning requires life-long reflection, evaluation and commitment to improvement by both students and lecturers. This involves moving away from transmitting a large volume of facts. She directs her energy towards creating an environment in which students can learn to value themselves and their activities. Health, friendship, family relationships and work experiences are a few of the influences which interact with the study program.
Accompaniment is indispensable in all teaching situations.
A systematic sample was used, thus increasing the chances of each student in the first year Midwifery course of being included in the study. A questionnaire was distributed to the respondents. As this questionnaire is a replicated version of the previous one it was not pretested. The previous questionnaire was pretested and was found to be valid and reliable. The design followed is both descriptive and exploratory.