Norwegian midwives' opinion of their midwifery education - a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Midwifery education in Norway has undergone radical reforms in the past few decades. In 2004, the compulsory year of paid internship was removed from the requirement to become an authorised midwife. Since then, authorisation as a midwife depends on the successful completion of a two-year full-time academic course, consisting of 50% clinical practice and 50% theoretical education. Our objective was to examine midwives' opinion of their Norwegian midwifery education in relation to their midwifery practice, comparing those educated with internship to those without.

Methods

We performed a mixed-methods study based on data from a nationwide cross-sectional survey. A sample of 547 midwives completed a postal questionnaire, autumn 2014. Midwives were asked how they were

SUBMITTER: Lukasse M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5415717 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature