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Study Setting
In Ethiopia, by the time this study was conducted, there were 47 Ethiopian Public Universities (EPU) distributed in all regions of the country. Of these 47 EPU, only 30 of them were selected for this study with the criteria of having had Midwifery Education Program (MEP) and had started teaching midwifery clinical courses. Specifically, these 30 EPU are three (Adigrat, Aksum, and Mekelle) universities from the Tigray region; Seven (Bahir Dar, Debre Birhan, Debre Markos, and Debre Tabor, Gondar, Woldiya, and Wollo) universities from Amhara region; Eight (Ambo, Arsi, Bulehora, Haramaya, Jimma, Madawalabu, Metu, and Wollega) universities from Oromia region; seven (Arba Minch, Dilla, Hawassa, Mizan-Tepi, Wachamo, Welkite, and Wolayita Sodo) universities from South Nation, Nationalities and Peoples region; and the rest five are as follows: Addis Ababa University found in Addis Ababa federal city administration which is the capital city of the country; Dire Dawa University l
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