Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research1735-906625420200618356358ENDepartment of Midwifery, Mother and Child Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranPhD Student of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranDepartment of Midwifery, Mother and Child Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IranDepartment of Midwifery, Mother and Child Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran2020062120200621<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study aimed to design and execute a reliable checklist for evaluating midwifery  students’ clinical skills.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods: </strong>In this cross‑sectional study, 8 checklists were  designed and validated for midwifery procedures. The students’ performances were compared using  this method and two other evaluation methods.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The face and content validity of all questions  were approved (content validity ratio and content validity index &gt;0.80, inter‑rater reliability &gt;0.50,  and Cronbach’s alpha &gt;0.70). The rate of the students’ satisfaction was 19%, 14%, and 76% with  the nonchecklist method, the general checklist, and the designed checklist, respectively. Furthermore,  both students (F2,60 = 107.07, <em>p </em>&lt; 0.004) and evaluators (F2,9 = 152.23, <em>p </em>&lt; 0.001) gained significantly  higher attitude scores towards the new checklist compared to the two other methods.</p><p><strong>Conclusions:  </strong>The designed checklist was quite reliable and valid for evaluating the midwifery students’ clinical  skills. </p>http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/view/1732http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/download/1732/70707302