The Impact of COVID-19 on Rwanda’s student midwives Series curator: Alicia Burnett – Third year student midwife. Social media: @ABurnett_StMW on Twitter. Hubert – Student Midwife, Rwanda Since the 2nd of January 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has been working to respond to the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, and […]
A Different Time Series curator: Alicia Burnett – Third year student midwife. Social media: @ABurnett_StMW on Twitter. Jill – Third year student midwife, England Balancing study, placements and general life can be tricky for student midwives at the best of times. A pandemic is not the best of times. Here, I reflect […]
Witnessing Adverse Outcomes as a Student Midwife Aisha Smith, Second-Year Student Midwife – Western Sydney University “Don’t turn away, keep your gaze on the bandaged place – that’s where the light enters you” – Rumi Those who enter birth’s sacred space know that its intense wonder and beauty does not come without the opposite: adverse […]
Courage, Kindness and Understanding Series curator: Alicia Burnett – Third year student midwife. Social media: @aiti4aitiys on Instagram and Twitter. Laura – Third year student midwife, Republic of Ireland This was intended to be an insight into how Irish midwifery is developing and strengthening, but the COVID-19 pandemic has changed plans for Irish midwifery services, […]
My Side of the Story Series curator: Alicia Burnett – Third year student midwife. Social media: @_aliciaburnett on Instagram and @ABurnett_StMW on Twitter. Usaama – Third year student midwife, Uganda The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on the 11th of March 2020. Since then, the novel coronavirus has wreaked havoc all […]
Taking a closer look Series curator: Alicia Burnett – Third year student midwife. Social media: @aiti4aitiys on Instagram and Twitter. Francine – 3rd year student midwife, Rwanda The global COVID-19 outbreak has affected all areas of healthcare in Rwanda, including midwifery practice. However, babies have no regard for emergency situations, so despite the ongoing challenges, […]
New Beginnings Series curator: Alicia Burnett – Third year student midwife. Social media: @ABurnett_RM on Twitter. Zahra – First year student midwife, Iran Ten years after graduating with a bachelors degree in economics I decided to pursue my interest in what had previously been my favourite subject area — midwifery. Please enjoy my account of […]
A Sparkle of Hope Series curator: Alicia Burnett – Third year student midwife. Social media: @ABurnett_RM on Twitter. Madison – Senior midwifery student, United States of America Waiting for news The dusk lighting settled into my Manhattan living room, falling gently onto my slippered feet, comfortably tucked away from the chilled March air. I sat […]
A Missing Piece Series curator: Alicia Burnett – Third year student midwife. Social media: @_aliciaburnett on Instagram and @ABurnett_StMW on Twitter. Maria – Second year student midwife, Greece One day, whilst exploring YouTube, I saw a video about a day in the life of a midwife. As I was watching, I realised that this is […]
Words of Wisdom Series curator: Alicia Burnett – Third year student midwife. Social media: @aiti4aitiys on Instagram and Twitter. Enitan – First year student midwife, England The frontline I discontinued clinical practice a few days before we were officially advised to withdraw by our university, as my extreme hay fever was making me feel […]
