Midwifery education: Challenges for the future in a dynamic environment

To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink below Iceland and the Netherlands both have a long history of midwifery education and midwifery practice. Starting as a midwife requires a direct entry BSc program in midwifery in The Netherlands, where Iceland requi...

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Published in:Midwifery
Main Authors: Gottfreðsdóttir, Helga, Nieuwenhuijze, Marianne J.
Other Authors: 1 Univ Iceland, Fac Nursing, Dept Midwifery, Reykjavik, Iceland Show more 2 Landspitali Univ Hosp, Womens Clin, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland 3 Zuyd Univ, Res Ctr Midwifery Sci Maastricht, Heerlen, Netherlands
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018
Subjects:
Ljósmóðurfræði
Menntun
Starfsmenntun
MIW12
Midwifery
Education
Professional
Iceland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/620563
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2018.01.006
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Summary:To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink below Iceland and the Netherlands both have a long history of midwifery education and midwifery practice. Starting as a midwife requires a direct entry BSc program in midwifery in The Netherlands, where Iceland requires a nurse-midwife model. This paper presents an overview of midwifery education and its dynamic in these countries. Subsequently, we explore two most notable components that were identified as important for the future of midwifery education. In the concluding section, we reflect how these components support the scope of practice as presented in the Lancet framework for quality maternal and newborn care.

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