Hi all,
below I have pasted a copy of the ACMI response to the Canberra Times (CT) Article 'Obstetrician fed up with the hostility' (12/01/02) published in today's CT.
Yours in birth,
Tina Pettigrew
Birthworks
Independent CBE and aspiring B.Mid Midwife.
Convenor, Aust B. Mid Student Collective.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BMidStudentCollective
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" As we trust the flowers to open to new life
- So we can trust birth"
Harriette Hartigan.
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Midwives will be well taught
RE: "OBSTETRICIAN fed up with the hostility" (CT, 12 January, p.3). There are many reasons why professionals choose to retire and I expect that the doctor has her own reasons, but to leave in such a public way, and to make a passing comment about midwifery education, begs a response from the Australian College of Midwives.
The college supported the introduction of the Bachelor of Midwifery, which will commence in Australia this year. There are eight universities in three states that will be providing this choice of entry to midwifery. We celebrate this advance in midwifery education and invite all potential midwives to explore this option.
The college is very aware of the need to establish national standards of midwifery education and this will ensure that consumers of maternity services will receive midwifery care from adequately prepared midwives. The standards are currently being developed in collaboration with midwifery regulatory boards and hopefully will be adopted by all education providers.
ALANA STREET
R.M., F.A.C.M.
Executive Officer, Australian College of Midwives Inc
Melbourne
