Book Review: Becoming A Midwife By Ellie Durant Review by: Humphrey Beja – Intern Midwife, Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital-Kampala, Uganda Published by Bloomsbury Academic Publication date: 2023 Format: pbk RRP: £11.99 ISBN: 978-1350322332 This book focuses on the key organisational and communication tools for midwives. The book highlights time management, essay writing, examination, […]
More4Less: Our Commitment to You
More4Less: Our Commitment to You – letter from All4Maternity CEO and Founding Director Dr Anna Byrom – Founding Director, CEO, All4Maternity @acbmidwife Published in The Practising Midwife Journal Volume 26 Issue 11 Thank you for being part of our growing All4Maternity community. As we come to the end of 2023, I wanted to take a […]
Learning to be Stronger Together: Interprofessional Education in Midwifery Education
Learning to be Stronger Together: Interprofessional Education in Midwifery Education Dr Hazel Keedle (she/her) – Senior Lecturer of Midwifery, Western Sydney University and Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Practising Midwife Australia Instagram @hazelkeedle Published in The Practising Midwife Australia Volume 01 Issue 06 July 2023, Pages 13-17 https://doi.org/10.55975/NQBA7725 Summary The training and education of pre-registration healthcare professionals […]
Embedding Strengths-Based Perspectives into Pre Registration Midwifery Education
Embedding Strengths-Based Perspectives into Pre Registration Midwifery Education Alison Barnes (Wiradjuri) – Associate Lecturer, Western Sydney University Elizabeth Flannery – Lecturer, Western Sydney University Dr Lyn Francis – Senior Lecturer, Western Sydney University Published in The Practising Midwife Australia Volume 01 Issue 02 November 2022, Pages 14-19 https://doi.org/10.55975/WEGT2113 Summary This article is a reflection of […]
Finding The Future Midwife: How the Revised Standards of Proficiencies for Midwives Support Pre-Registration Midwifery Programme Admissions Processes
Finding The Future Midwife: How the Revised Standards of Proficiencies for Midwives Support Pre-Registration Midwifery Programme Admissions Processes Samantha Meegan (she/her) – Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Birmingham City University Twitter @bcumidwives Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 25 Issue 10 November 2022, Pages 08-13 https://doi.org/10.55975/OQYI7239 Summary Pre-registration midwifery education programmes are quietly undergoing a revolution. […]
Navigating Social Media: Professionalism In The 21st Century
Navigating Social Media: Professionalism In The 21st Century Carolyn Zitha [she/her] – Third-year student midwife, University of Salford Published in The Student Midwife Volume 5 Issue 1 Jan 2022 Summary Many student midwives find themselves confused in aligning their social media presence with their newfound role as healthcare professionals. Inclusivity and freedom of identity are […]
Nurture Me and Watch Me Grow!
Nurture Me and Watch Me Grow! Codie Kameka – Graduate Midwife, Jamaica Instagram: @ms_codiiii Published in The Student Midwife Volume 4 Issue 3 July 2021 Summary Codie Kameka provides insight into the pathway to registration as a midwife in Jamaica, as well as how her experience as a student midwife will shape her midwifery career. A […]
Maintaining a Sense of Community with Student Midwives Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic: Developing Gas & Air
Maintaining a Sense of Community with Student Midwives Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic: Developing Gas & Air Ruby Handley-Stone – Midwifery Lecturer and Midwife, Birmingham City University Twitter: @StoneHandley Published in The Student Midwife Volume 4 Issue 3 July 2021 Summary Birmingham City University’s (BCU) midwifery department is proud to be developing monthly issues of Gas & […]
Personal Philosophy of Care
Personal Philosophy of Care Emma Hamilton, Third-Year Student Midwife – Bournemouth University, Instagram: @emma_hamilton2018. Midwifery is fundamentally about individualising the care we offer; catering to each woman’s specific needs and beliefs in order to deliver quality care.1 This is the quintessence of women-centred care and the basis on which I wish practice in the future. […]
Tricks and Tales: Midwifery Students’ Experiences of Organising a Midwifery Conference
Tricks and Tales: Midwifery Students’ Experiences of Organising a Midwifery Conference Veronica Merton – Student Midwife, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory of Australia Ashlee Guerin -Newly Qualified Midwife, Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory of Australia Sadie Geraghty -Adjunct Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia Published in The Student Midwife Volume 4 Issue 1 January 2021 […]