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...

New Zealand's midwifery education model is intertwined with a practice model which is underpinned by autonomy and partnership. The curriculum prepares students for practice across the scope of midwifery on their own responsibility. While students have formal learning opportunities within educational institutions they spend at least half of their programme learning through authentic work experie...

Hanieh Salehi Pourmehr, Azizeh Farshbafkhalili, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Jamileh Malakouti, Somayyeh Rafiee, Mozhgan Abdi, Nayyer Jafarilar. PhD by research student of Neurourology-Neuroscience Research Center, MSc in midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; PhD in Nutrition, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty of Tabriz University of Medical Science...

UNLABELLED Adverse childbirth experiences can evoke fear and overwhelming anxiety for some women and precipitate posttraumatic stress disorder. The objective of this study was to assess a midwife-led brief counseling intervention for postpartum women at risk of developing psychological trauma symptoms. METHOD Of 348 women screened for trauma symptoms, 103 met inclusion criteria and were rando...

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 ...

Department of midwifery, Faculty of Midwifery, School of nursing and midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran 2 School of nursing and midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran PhD of Biostatistics, Associate Professor , Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran E-mails: [email protected], [email protected], Mae...

OBJECTIVE to explore the motivations and beliefs of commencing midwifery students against a background of high course demand and high student attrition. DESIGN a qualitative analysis of student reflective essays. SETTING Melbourne, Australia. PARTICIPANTS all commencing midwifery students, in 2008, were invited to participate (n = 41). MEASUREMENTS AND FINDINGS three primary motivations...

background : delivering iud services is one of the important competencies that midwifery students must obtain during academic period. as objective structured clinical examination (osce) can be reasonably reliable, valid and objective method for clinical skills assessment, this study was conducted to assess midwifery students` skill in delivering intrauterine device (iud) services using a clinic...

1. Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. M Sc student, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Department of Midwifery, Client Education and Management Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran 4Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Centre, Iranian ...