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The good midwife: commencing students' views
1Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Health Sciences Building, North Bank Campus, Ireland. mary.carolan@UL.ie
Objective:
to explore commencing students' views of the good midwife. This study was set against a background of high course attrition and concerns that discordant students' views of midwifery practice may have been associated with course attrition.
Design:
qualitative thematic analysis.
Setting:
Melbourne, Australia.
Participants:
all commencing midwifery students, in 2008, were invited to participate (n = 41).
Measurements And Findings:
students spoke of a series of key attributes they felt were important to the role of the midwife. Most fell into the affective domain and four themes were identified: personal qualities and attitudes; a belief in women and natural birth; compatible work ethic; and the possession of additional attributes.
Key Conclusions And Implications For Practice:
commencing students showed a clear understanding of the affective attributes required of a good midwife but a lesser understanding of requirements of knowledge and competence. A small number of students felt that they were already equipped to advise pregnant women, despite their early stage in the course. This is an issue that needs to be addressed.
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