Wieczorek Dominika, Staniszewska Anna. Knowledge of midwives about clinical trials. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(8):63-78. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3362071 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7230 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/920696 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.07.2019. Revised: 25.07.2019. Accepted: 07.08.2019. Knowledge of midwives about clinical trials Dominika Wieczorek, Anna Staniszewska Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw Address of correspondence: mgr Dominika Wieczorek, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1b, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland, tel. (+48)221166160, e-mail: dwieczorek95@gmail.com Abstract Introduction: Proper level of knowledge of midwives on the subject of clinical trials is influenced by the participant's safety and the quality of conducted clinical trials. Aim: The aim of the study was to assess midwives knowledge of clinical trials. Material and method: The study involved 105 midwives, at the age of 20–54years. The method of a diagnostic survey was used. The study was conducted in period April - December 2018 year. Results: The majority of respondents - 81% (n=85) knew the correct definition of the clinical trial. The most important benefit of clinical trials for the study group was "creating new treatment standards" (69,5%, n=74), and the greatest risk resulting from clinical trials "was" the possibility of adverse events and events "(92,4%, n=97). Conclusions: Midwives knowledge about clinical trials is on a sufficient level. Keywords: midwives, clinical trials, opinions