Cultivating awareness of sexual and gender diversity in a midwifery curriculum

Objective: To explore the perspectives of student midwives, midwifery educationalists and clinicians from connected to one University in order identify strategies enhance awareness sexual gender diversity a pre- registration curriculum. Design: A mixed method study including an online survey series focus groups Setting: One London Participants: 47 respondents 16 group participants Findings: Two Inductive themes were developed data analysis: Practising Open Mindedness Cultivating Openness four sub themes; Making Assumptions, Developing self- awareness, Challenge Discomfort Safe spaces. Participants proposed learning that they thought would facilitate cultivating openness open mindedness.