en Midwifery Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times="">Background: </span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times="">Improving patient safety is a common international priority because errors and other forms of unnecessary damage to the process of patient care and treatment are global problems. Training programs such as web-based programs enhance the patient safety culture in staff.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times=""> This study was carried out to evaluate the impact of</span></span></span><b> </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times="">virtual collaborative learning </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times="">with mobile devices</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times=""> on patient safety culture among the staff of a maternity center. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><span class="A3" style="color:black"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%">Methods: </span></span></span></span>This study was conducted on staff working in Kowsar Hospital of Qazvin in 2019 with a pretest-posttest design. Sixty-three eligible participants were recruited using convenience sampling. The educational contents were shared on a website. Data were collected online using the hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire. Educational intervention sessions were held once a week, for 8 weeks. The paired t-test and chi-square test were used for statistical analysis. The significance level was set at 0.05.</span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><b>Results: </b>The mean score of safety culture increased significantly from 141.19&plusmn;16 to 147.93&plusmn;14.05 after the intervention (P<0.001). Error reporting at the center also increased significantly after the intervention (P<0.001). </span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times="">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times=""> This research showed </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times="">that the collaborative method using mobile learning </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times="">can be effective for the promotion of patient safety culture among the maternity center staff. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> Virtual, Collaborative Learning, Mobile, Safety Culture 41 44 http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-539-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Soheila Nooriani so.nooriani@gmail.com 100319475328460010392 100319475328460010392 No Midwifery Counseling, Student Research Committee Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran sonia Oveisi soniaoveisi@yahoo.com 100319475328460010393 100319475328460010393 No Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Ahad Alizadeh st.alizadeh@gmail.com 100319475328460010394 100319475328460010394 No Medical Microbiology Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Forouzan Olfati papoy6olfati@yahoo.com 100319475328460010395 100319475328460010395 Yes 4. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran, and