Background: Care for the women during labor needs skillful and well prepared health care 
providers including maternity nursing students. Therefore, clinical teaching is an opportunity 
for nursing students to apply and develop problem solving strategies and critical thinking. 
There are varieties of clinical teaching methods which include; simulation and interactive video 
based training. The aim of this study: was to evaluate the effect of implementing training 
program based on simulation versus video on nursing students' performance regarding care 
during normal labor. Subjects and method: The study was conducted at the Clinical Obstetrics 
Laboratory Skills of Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University. Subjects: A simple random sample 
of 170 nursing students, third academic year were included in this study out of 600 students 
during the first semester 2022-2023, before attending the clinical labor section. They were 
divided into two equal study groups. Two tools were used for data collection; Tool (I): Nursing 
students' knowledge regarding normal labor.  Tool (II): Observational checklist of nursing 
students' practices regarding care during normal labor. Results: The findings of the present 
study revealed that simulation based training program was more effective than video based 
training program in improving nursing students' performance regarding care during normal 
labor immediately and one month later compared to preprogram implementation. Conclusion: 
Nursing students' performance regarding care during normal labor was higher after simulation
based training program than video-based training program.  Recommendations: Simulation 
refreshing courses, workshops and conferences based on the evidence based practice should be 
provided for maternity nurses to improve their knowledge and practice regarding care during 
normal labor. Evaluate the impact of simulation on knowledge retention, transferability to 
parturient women situations and maternal & neonatal outcomes