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The lived experiences of flemish midwifery students undertaking an internship in Suriname: A phenomenological study
Curinckx Hilde1, Welsh Marion2, Nieuwenhuijze Marianne3
1University Colleges Leuven Limburg (UCLL), Beukenbergsveld 11, 2491 Balen-Olmen, Belgium.
Objective:
The aim of this study is to explore the lived experience of Flemish midwifery students undertaking an internship in Suriname.
Design:
Hermeneutic phenomenological method as described by van Manen.
Methods:
Seven midwifery students from one University College were selected purposefully for an in-depth interview during their internship abroad within the period October-November 2014. All interviews were audio-taped, transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically.
Findings:
The study revealed five overarching themes: (1) A time to reconsider the time, (2) a time of connection and disconnection, (3) spatiality for thought and rethinking, (4) a body to undergo or a body to respond and (5) the other(s) among the others.
Conclusion:
The experience of an internship in Suriname presents itself in each individual as: 'A process of awareness from the self with a main focus on the professional'. Meaning that it was a process of 'disconnection' from their own culture towards 'connection' with another culture. Both, the 'rethinking' of their role as a midwife, as well as, balancing between guarding one's own authenticity by 'responding' or being the friendly stranger through 'undergoing', was noticeably striking.
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