Yes Joy I agree
Those 'midwives' that work in maternity settings offering fragmented
care to women should have some type of restriction on their
practices. They are not 'qualified to practise in any setting' as the
international definition of a midwife states they are.
Those midwives working in birth centres and taking on their own
caseload within a hospital or other community setting should be
endorsed on their annual renewals as 'midwife practitioners'
indicating that they run able to function as autonomous
practictioners ( i.e. primary carers)
I would like to see the ACMI Accreditation program extend to these
practitioners with the ultimate goal of having every midwife who is
in clinical practice operate as Accredited IPMs with the College.
(providing the College is able to provide adequate PI for it's
accredited members)
The latest edition of Margaret Myles textbook devotes quiet a large
slice of their definitions and descriptions to independent midwives
as they have now had to acknowledge the midwives working within the
European and the New Zealand maternity systems.
Jan
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South Hurstville NSW 2221 National Coordinator, ASIM
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