Experience-based Educational strategies to promote woman-centred midwifery practice
Author(s)
Barnes, Margaret
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2001
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This paper discusses the evaluation of educational activities developed and implemented in a tertiary based, pre-endorsement midwifery program in Brisbane, Australia. The development of the experience-based activities outlined was driven by the feminist philosophy of the curriculum and a commitment to helping students develop as woman-centred practitioners. The activities focused on enabling students to hear women's stories of childbearing firsthand and understand these stories from the women's perspective, thus validating personal experience.This paper discusses the evaluation of educational activities developed and implemented in a tertiary based, pre-endorsement midwifery program in Brisbane, Australia. The development of the experience-based activities outlined was driven by the feminist philosophy of the curriculum and a commitment to helping students develop as woman-centred practitioners. The activities focused on enabling students to hear women's stories of childbearing firsthand and understand these stories from the women's perspective, thus validating personal experience.
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Journal Title
ACMI Journal
Volume
14
Issue
1
Subject
Medical and Health Sciences