Michelle, I hear what you're saying loud & clear from a student's point of view!
While I have been blessed to have been able to work with some fabulously woman-centred midwives both within the hospital setting & outside, it is enormously frustrating to be taught all of the woman-centred stuff @ uni & then not have woman-centred environments well established where students can practice those skills & be mentored by midwives experienced with those skills in that environment. I've heard this referred to as the theory-practice gap. Must be something that students everywhere are experiencing!
Jen
3rd year BMid, Melbourne
Shelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Your comments Nicole are superb.I am currently finishing my 'obstetric training' at a 'referral hospital' as a student midwife.Unfortunately, I have got myself into big trouble trying to empower women and give woman-centred care that I have learnt about in University. And morally, ethically and for safety reasons, I havn't been able to follow the interventionist programme. I have seen the difference in outcomes for both mother and baby, between holistic care that has an emotional and spiritual dimension that obstetric, physiological care cannot give.But I can guarantee, that if I had to work in this environment for a number of years, I would take on the same skin - just to survive. Its like the old saying - 'if you can't beat them join them.'The only answer is to separate woman-centred holistic care from obstetric care - ie.a totally different environment.There is always hope!Regards (from a very non-compliant student 'obstetric' midwife!)Michelle Z.
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