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Innovations in Midwifery Education

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2003
Midwifery educators and the American College of Nurse‐Midwives (ACNM) have created educational pathways for Certified Nurse‐Midwives (CNMs) and Certified Midwives (CMs) based on sound principles and creativity. A review of these educational innovations portrays the strong foundation that exists and provides direction for the future.
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An agenda for midwifery education: Advancing the state of the world׳s midwifery

Midwifery, 2016
Kuldip Kaur Bharj, OBE, PhD, MSc, BSc, RM, RN, DN, MTD, IHSM, RSA Counselling (Associate Professor in Midwifery), Ans Luyben, PhD, PGDM, PGEd, RM (Midwife, Honorary Lecturer, Visiting Research Fellow), Melissa D. Avery, PhD, APRN, CNM, FACNM, FAAN (Professor, Director Midwifery Education Program), Peter G.
Bharj, Kuldip Kaur, Luyben, Ans, Avery, Melissa D., Johnson, Peter G., O'Connell, Rhona, Barger, Mary K., Bick, Debra   +6 more
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The future of midwifery education

Midwifery, 2003
In this paper I will examine the history shared by our profession and review social changes and reproductive health needs that have had an effect on our current practice. I will propose a model that meets current needs and will build the vision for our future education. In conclusion I will focus on the strategies, tasks and commitments needed to build
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The Shenandoah University Midwifery Initiative: A Model for Midwifery Education

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2008
There has been a significant decline in the number of nurse‐midwifery education programs in the United States in the past decade. This decline presents a challenge as the profession seeks to respond to the Pew Foundation's call to increase access to midwifery care in the United States.
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Motivation for continuing education in midwifery

Midwifery, 1989
Continuing education is increasingly recognised as vital for the improvement of health care. This paper discusses the findings of a study carried out to investigate whether practising midwives working in selected hospitals in Northern Ireland are motivated to participate in continuing education.
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Complementary therapies education in midwifery

Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery, 1995
Midwives and their clients are becoming increasingly interested in the use of complementary and alternative therapies which offer a variety of different strategies for dealing with the effects of pregnancy and childbirth. This paper explores the current provision of complementary therapy education for midwives, and suggests the establishment of a new ...
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Issues in nurse-midwifery education

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, 1975
JOUINAL OF NURBE-WOWIFERV . Vol. XX, No. a. F.,, ,9,5 1) How. when and where will we ever find enough qualifled daculty? 2) What Is basic nursemid. wifery education? Which is es. sential to all programs? Who should define it? 3) How can educational pi,grams remain current on trends In the care of chtldbearing ww men?
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Midwifery education and research in the future

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, 1991
This paper is adapted from a plenary lecture presented at the 22nd International Congress, International Confederation of Midwives, Kobe, Japan, October 11, 1990. Midwifery education and research in the past, present, and future are discussed. Special emphasis is placed on innovation in midwifery education to address more adequately the worldwide ...
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Midwifery education for safe motherhood

Midwifery, 1997
To determine the useability (relevance, clarity and quality of content), applicability (ease of use) and accessibility (structure and form) of a series of new safe motherhood midwifery education modules.Questionnaire survey and focus group discussions, preceded by a two week clinical skills course and an eight day orientation to using the modules ...
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Service learning: applications in midwifery education

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2003
Service learning is learning acquired through experiential education that deliberately links service to others with the goal of achieving specific academic objectives. Service learning is an educational innovation that encompasses a wide range of activities and pedagogies while maintaining a commitment to principles of service.
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