Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Student Research Committee, Department of Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, IR Iran Department of Family Health, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, IR Iran Corresponding author: El...

conclusions nursing and midwifery students did not significantly differ in terms of communication with patients with severe communication problems. most of the students had low or very low knowledge and skills in communication with patients with hearing impairment. however, they had better skills in communication with patient with speech problem. special workshops or training programs are recom...

The concept of cultural safety arose from the colonial context of New Zealand society. In response to the poor health status of Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their insistence that service delivery change profoundly, nursing has begun a process of self examination and change in nursing education, prompted by Maori nurses. Nursing and midwifery organizations moved to support th...

Throughout Britain, nurse teachers and higher education staff are learning more about each other as the incorporation of colleges of nursing and midwifery (and colleges of health) into higher education gathers momentum. The Times Higher Education Supplement, now simply The Higher has been part of my weekly reading for the past ten years, as befits a career which combines nursing and higher educ...

Against a background of increasing concern over the widening theory practice gap and research evidence of problems in providing quality practice education, the English National Board (ENB) commissioned an 18 month study into the role of the teacher/lecturer in practice. This article, after providing a brief overview of the background, literature and methods, outlines the results from the Adult ...

Midwifery, the first holistic profession in the world in which “care” has always been a women-centered phenomenon. It is a socially constructed practice that has gone through many historical transitions. Many of these have involved social controversies in terms of the meaning of care, the scope of its practice, and its standardized skills. The purpose of this paper is to explore and critically ...

BACKGROUND The philosophy of midwifery education is based on the 'Women-centred care' model, which provides holistic care to women. Continuity of care (CoC) is integral to the concept of holistic women-centred care and fundamental to midwifery practice. The objective of this study was to determine any differences in students' understanding of midwifery care philosophy between students who under...

background: achieving a desirable clinical education requires continuous assessment of the current situations in clinical education and identifying the strengths and weaknesses. this study aimed to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the clinical education fields. methods: this is a cross-sectional and descriptive study in which the strengths and weaknesses of clinical education settings wer...