Abstract: Objective: To explore the current status and its influencing factors of midwives' core competence in Sichuan province, and to provide basic data for the formulation of midwives' targeted training program. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 200 midwives from 15 hospitals in Sichuan province by Midwife Core Competency Scale. Results: The mean score of core midwifery competency was 4.08 ± 0.78. The competencies of intrapartum care and competencies of progestational care were good, while the public health care and antenatal care were weak. Multivariate regression analysis showed that the duration of midwifery practice and participation in teaching or not were influencing factors of core midwifery competency (P<0.01) . Conclusion: The overall midwifery competency among Sichuan province midwives are good, but some areas still need to be improved. Proper interventions and policy support need to be achieved to improve Chinese midwifery education and regulation system and to facilitate the enhancement of Chinese midwives' core competencies.

Key words: midwife; core competency; influencing factor