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Making midwifery decisions

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  • 1Frimley Park Hospital Trust, Surrey.

Modern Midwife
|January 10, 1998
PubMed
Summary
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Midwives must articulate their tacit knowledge and decision-making processes to effectively involve women. Sharing explicit reasoning, not just intuition, enhances professional practice and supports junior colleagues through role modeling.

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare
  • Midwifery Practice
  • Clinical Decision-Making

Background:

  • Effective shared decision-making with women requires midwives to understand their tacit knowledge.
  • Current defenses of midwifery decision-making as solely intuitive or artful are insufficient for professional accountability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the necessity for midwives to explicate their tacit knowledge and heuristic processes in clinical decision-making.
  • To advocate for the explicit articulation of reasoning in midwifery practice.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of midwifery decision-making processes.
  • Exploration of tacit knowledge and heuristic strategies used by expert midwives.
  • Examination of role-modeling as a method for knowledge transfer.

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Main Results:

  • Expert midwives can articulate their clinical reasoning to junior colleagues.
  • Practice discussions, when framed as a pursuit of understanding, facilitate knowledge sharing.
  • Moving beyond intuitive explanations is crucial for professional practice.

Conclusions:

  • Explicit reasoning, both individual and shared, is essential in midwifery.
  • Role modeling by senior midwives aids in understanding and sharing tacit knowledge.
  • Fostering a culture of understanding over blame is key for professional development.