This paper outlines curriculum considerations for the ordering, enactment and experiencing of practice-based experiences (e.g. practicums) in tertiary education programs developing occupational specific capacities. Increasingly, these programs are engaging students in practicum experiences (i.e. those in the circumstances of practice). These practice-based experiences require considerable inves...

nursing students quality of sleep in dormitories of urmia university of medical sciences     ghanei r [1] , hemmati maslakpak m [2] *, rezaei k [3] , baghi v [4] , makki b [5]    received: 31 jan, 2011 accepted: 10 june, 2011   abstract  background & aims: sleep is a physiological and reversible phenomenon. one of its primary functions is to help organisms conserve their energy resources and it...

Fahimeh Sehati Shafaie, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Marzieh Bagherinia. Assistant Professor, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Midwifery Department, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Assistant Professor, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Midwifery Department, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department of Midwifery, Students’ Research Committee, Faculty of Nursing an...

erratum an investigation on the association between students’ knowledge and their tendency to take care of hiv patients among the students in nursing and midwifery school  in the article that appeared on page 404 of july-august 2014 issue[1], authors affi liation was incorrectly displayed. authors affi liation should have appeared as given below: 1-associate professor, infection nosocomial rese...

BACKGROUND midwives have traditionally had an important role in providing public health messages to women. The range and diversity of the public health remit within maternity services has expanded rapidly over the past decade and maternity support workers as well as midwives are now engaged in public health work in many areas. Given these changes a review of current practice was indicated. OB...

SELF-CONFIDENCE OF PRIMIPAROUS WOMEN IN POSTPARTUM PERIOD: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL Fahimeh Sehati Shafaie, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Marzieh Bagherinia. Assistant Professor, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Midwifery Department, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Assistant Professor, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Midwifery Department, Tabriz University of Medical Sc...

This article examines the need for innovation in form of Practice Assessment Documentation (PAD) SCPHN education following developments undergraduate nursing and midwifery programmes across UK, alongside regional demand poor historical practice. To successfully identify evidence base this development, a critical appraisal several papers from available literature was undertaken to examine aspect...

When a midwifery diploma-level programme was introduced in 2010 in Bangladesh, only a few nursing faculty staff members had received midwifery diploma-level. The consequences were an inconsistency in interpretation and implementation of the midwifery curriculum in the midwifery programme. To ensure that midwifery faculty staff members were adequately prepared to deliver the national midwifery c...

BACKGROUND Midwifery students, clinicians and educators in Australia identified the need for improved feedback for midwifery students whilst they are on clinical placement; in particular formative assessment. The miniCEX or mini-clinical evaluation exercise is one approach to assessment that has been proven valid and reliable in medical education. The aim of this research was to develop, implem...