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The Student's Guide to the Labour Ward

Obstetricians on the labour ward: implications of medical staffing structures.

The 1981 Short report onmedical education in Britain recommended changes in the medical career structure.' Many other reports have addressed the fundamental problem associated with the traditional three tier structure of the consultant led team consisting of consultants, registrars, and house officers. In essence this problem arises from two conflicting requirements: the need to provide trainin...

Evidence-based labour ward guidelines for the diagnosis, management and treatment of spontaneous preterm labour.

Currently, there is considerable variation in the way spontaneous preterm labour is diagnosed and managed internationally. As a result, 12 international leading experts from 10 countries met to establish consensus on clinical recommendations and guidelines regarding the diagnosis, management and treatment of spontaneous preterm labour. The consensus was supported by evidence from quality litera...

Effecting change in midwives' waterbirth practice behaviours on labour ward: an action research study.

INTRODUCTION the use of water immersion for labour and birth has been shown to be beneficial for women in normal labour (Cluett et al, 2009). It was decided to use problem solving coordinator workshops to change in the way waterbirth practice was promoted and organised on labour ward. Findings from the first Action Research phase (Russell, 2011) led to the development of a waterbirth questionna...

Newcomers’ learning of midwifery practice in a labour ward: a socio-cultural perspective

This article presents a qualitative case study of midwifery students’ learning processes in a Norwegian maternity ward. Midwifery students in their first year of midwifery education were interviewed with regard to their experiences of learning in this context. Both students and their preceptors were observed in different settings on the ward. Taking this community of practice as the privileged ...