کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1084894 951330 2013 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
‘Chasing the numbers’: Australian Bachelor of Midwifery students' experiences of achieving midwifery practice requirements for registration
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی زنان، زایمان و بهداشت زنان
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
‘Chasing the numbers’: Australian Bachelor of Midwifery students' experiences of achieving midwifery practice requirements for registration
چکیده انگلیسی

Objectiveto explore one aspect of the findings from a qualitative study exploring Australian Bachelor of Midwifery students' experiences of achieving competency for beginning practice.Designa qualitative study using grounded theory, incorporating situational analysis. Data were collected by interviews, field observation and students' documents.Settingone university in Victoria, Australia, which was a member of a consortium of universities that first implemented Bachelor of Midwifery curricula.Participants19 women, aged 20–40 years, completing the Bachelor of Midwifery course between the years 2005 and 2008.Findingsdata analysis revealed an overarching social process of assimilation, and three related subprocesses namely realisation, adaptation and consolidation. This paper focuses on consolidation in terms of competency achievement in relation to set requirements.Key conclusionswhile generally found competent for beginning practice, the Bachelor of Midwifery students in this study felt that their ability to achieve competency according to professional midwifery standards, was constrained by the restricted nature of midwifery practice and medical dominance in the hospitals where they were placed. Furthermore, they found it challenging to achieve the minimum midwifery experience requirements, as well as their own personal learning objectives, within the clinical practicum hours provided in the curriculum.Implications for practicea review of the clinical hours provided by Bachelor of Midwifery curricula is required, with a view to ensure that clinical hours are consistent with recommended hours suggested by Australian Bachelor of Midwifery course accreditation standards. Universities implementing midwifery curricula in Australia need to be cognisant of the theory–practice gap and therefore the applicability of professional competency standards to the education of midwives. The concerns about the reliability of competency standards need to be addressed. Finally, further research is required to validate the current number of, minimum practice experience required for competency for beginning practice and registration as a midwife in Australia.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Midwifery - Volume 29, Issue 6, June 2013, Pages 661–667
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