‘Living the rural experience-preparation for practice’: The future proofing of sustainable rural midwifery practice through midwifery education

Rural practice presents unique challenges and skill requirements for midwives. New Zealand and Scotland face similar challenges in sustaining a rural midwifery workforce. This paper draws from an international multi-centre study exploring rural midwifery to focus on the education needs of student midwives within pre-registration midwifery programmes in order to determine appropriate preparation for rural practice.The mixed-methods study was conducted with 222 midwives working in rural areas in New Zealand (n  = 145) and Scotland (n = 77).
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Midwifery Education in Practice Source Type: research