All authors are affiliated with the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
The clinical education environment presents a valuable opportunity for students to learn, acquire and develop the clinical skills essential for professional midwifery practice. The presence of compete...
This study was conducted to evaluate the clinical practice experiences of midwifery students and their perceptions of midwifery preceptors....
A descriptive and cross-sectional study....
This study was conducted with 205 students enrolled in the midwifery department of the Faculty of Health Sciences of a state university in Turkey. Data collection used a participant information form a...
The average total score on the Clinical Learning Environment scale was 31.08±2.16 out of a possible 32, while the average total score on the Midwifery Preceptors scale was 17.60 (SD 1.27) out of a pos...
Understanding the perspectives of midwifery students regarding the clinical education environment, preceptors and the teaching and learning process holds great importance for enhancing the quality of ...
Exercise during pregnancy is beneficial to both the pregnant woman and the foetus. Midwifery educators play a crucial role in ensuring that midwifery students receive the knowledge and training needed...
The study was conducted to determine the knowledge of midwifery educators about antenatal exercise....
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted of the knowledge about antenatal exercises by midwifery educators. A purposive total population of 54 midwifery educators from three midwifery schools...
The study revealed that antenatal exercises are included in the midwifery curriculum and exercise demonstration were mainly done by midwifery educators and clinical instructors. The majority (n = 34, ...
Midwifery educators have average knowledge of the ideal antenatal exercises, which prompts the development of an exercise programme to guide midwifery training and practice. Midwifery educators should...
This study aimed to investigate the challenges faced by midwifery staff working in hospitals from midwifery manager's perspectives and provide suggestions to solve them....
Descriptive qualitative study....
The study was conducted in Tehran in 2021. Data were collected using fifteen semi-structured interviews conducted with hospitals' clinical midwifery managers over 7 months. The interview data were gro...
The midwifery workforce would face significant challenges in training hospitals. Lack of suitable patterns of midwifery workforce management, the non-optimal midwives' utilization and deployment, uncl...
Midwifery managers were interviewed. They talked about their experience with midwifery workforce challenges....
Midwifery graduates may experience transition shock that makes them question their fit for their workplace and the profession and in extreme cases, may lead to them leaving. Understanding graduate mid...
We invited the 2021 and 2022 cohorts of graduating midwifery students from all educational pathways in Victoria, Australia to participate in a longitudinal descriptive study using a questionnaire with...
The sixteen participants predominantly held a woman centred philosophy and ideally wanted to work in a midwife-led model of care. Although excited about moving into practice, they also disclosed a sen...
The hopes, expectations and concerns of midwifery students who are anticipating moving into practice in this study resonate with those previously reported and demonstrate the need to consider personal...
This study provides insights into graduating midwives' hopes for, expectations of, and concerns about transitioning into practice that may inform the design of transition programs and support expansio...
Canada's first alongside midwifery unit (AMU) was intentionally informed by evidence-based birth environment design principals, building on the growing evidence that the built environment can shape ex...
To assess the impact of the built environment of the AMU for both service users and midwives. This study aimed to explore the meanings that individuals attribute to the built environment and how the b...
We conducted a mixed-methods study using a grounded theory methodology for data collection and analysis. Our research question and data collection tools were underpinned by a sociospatial conceptual a...
Fifty-nine participants completed the survey, and interviews or focus group were completed with 28 service users and 14 midwives. Our findings demonstrate high levels of satisfaction with the birth en...
Our model for creating, shifting, and sharing as a way to make space for midwifery can serve as a template for how intentional design can be used to promote favorable outcomes and user satisfaction....
It can be said that midwifery is as old as humankind because there has always been someone who accompanied women in childbirth. The purpose of this article is to present the history of midwifery on th...
Historical methodologies were used for the study. An analysis of available literature and archives was carried out....
For many centuries, midwifery was in the hands of formally uneducated but skilled women. Midwives had professional autonomy until the 1960s when obstetricians took full control of maternal care, and m...
Although midwives in the Republic of Croatia are more educated today than at any time in history, in practice, they do not have professional autonomy in the field of work that they are entitled to und...
In the United Kingdom (UK), all prisoners must receive healthcare equivalent to that available in the community. However, evidence suggests that equality in healthcare provision for perinatal women in...
A qualitative approach based on institutional ethnography was used to research women's experiences in three English prisons over a period of 10 months. In total, 28 women participated in audio-recorde...
Women's experiences included: disempowerment due to limited choice; fear of birthing alone; and a lack of information about rights, with a sense of not receiving entitlements. Some women reported favo...
Experiences of perinatal prisoners contrast starkly with best midwifery practice-women are unable to choose their care provider, their birth companions, or their place of birth. In addition, a relianc...
Prison is an adverse environment for a pregnant woman. This study provides key insights into imprisoned women's experiences of midwifery care in England and shows that midwives play an essential role ...
Emancipation and self-determination are critical elements of midwifery care and therefore should be explicit in midwifery education. If not, the woman-centred midwife with her trust in women and birth...
To understand midwifery student's perspectives of assimilating feminist theory and midwifery philosophy....
A qualitative approach using reflective journals was used to explore student midwives understanding of midwifery as a feminist profession....
One regional Australian University that teaches midwifery at two campuses, one of which straddles a state border....
First session, first-year midwifery students undertaking a unit of study focusing on "what is midwifery" and how at its core, midwifery is a feminist emancipatory political discipline....
Data from weekly reflective journals were analysed to produce themes....
Three themes were identified 'Midwifery: Past and Present', 'What is this 'F' word? - feminism revisited', and 'Midwifery-feminism dyads'. These themes demonstrated transformative learning had occurre...
Students embarking on their journey appear to value assimilation of feminist theory as a core tenet of midwifery philosophy. Feminist principles, particularly the protection of women's rights to infor...
Whilst the findings of this study relate to midwifery students, the findings point to a need to explore ways to strengthen midwives' assimilation with feminist theory, and their ability to promote fem...
Current study was conducted with the aim of explaining domains of clinical competence in undergraduate midwifery students so that it addresses the challenges in midwifery curriculum and improving clin...
Qualitative approach and conventional content analysis were used in the design of the present study. The research setting included midwifery and nursing schools and hospitals and health centers affili...
Twenty-four people participated in this study, including seven midwifery students, seven midwives, nine midwifery and reproductive and sexual health faculty members, and one obstetrician. The particip...
The findings of the present study showed that clinical competence in midwifery students involves different domains that correspond well overall to the general definitions of clinical competence in dif...
to explore recruitment to UK midwifery programmes from the perspective of applicants from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups and describe the perceptions and experiences of the application...
Midwifery in the Global North is an overwhelmingly white profession. This lack of diversity has been cited as a factor in the poorer outcomes experienced by women from non-white backgrounds. There is ...
A mixed methods study comprising a survey and individual interview or focus group. The study was conducted between September 2020 and March 2021 in three universities in South East England. Participan...
Although many survey findings in respect to choosing a midwifery programme were broadly similar between candidates from BAME and non-BAME backgrounds, some trends were noted. More BAME applicants cite...
BAME applicants to midwifery can face additional challenges which have an impact on their ability to secure a place. There is a need to reposition midwifery as an inclusive and welcoming option for pe...
