If the woman invites the student to be there and the MIPP is happy
what prevents them from being there. Surely we are letting them know
what the real world is like and the reality is that MIPP are working
uninsured and having to cope with what that means in reality. This
is no different from when I attend a hospital with a woman and the
hospital says that they only recognise me as a support person. I
could let that stop me from going there but I don't. If students want
to be at hom births they will, they will learn heaps and if they cant
write it down on paper for the uni then dont but dont let it stop
them from attending because the experience is to valuable to waste.
Andrea Quanchi
On 01/06/2006, at 7:03 PM, Stephen & Felicity wrote:
I think perhaps you women are the "lucky" ones; I only recently had
an email from a student midwife in SA, lamenting that she is unable
to attend homebirths unless the midwife is "publicly employed" (ie:
not a MIPP). Since the only homebirth midwives employed by the
Government in SA are part of the Northern Women's Community
Midwifery Program, anyone not fortunate enough to be in that region
has zero opportunity to work "in all situations". This is clearly
an insurance issue as well as an educational institution
issue...but it's all one and the same at the end of the day, isn't
it? It's all just part of the overall climate for midwifery and
birthing women in our country.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirsten Dobbs"
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 5:10 PM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] students & learning
I can back up Kate, (as we attend the same uni!)
I have only ever been encouraged and supported to attend births with
independent midwives by our uni.
Kirsten
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kate
and/or Nick
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:57 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] students & learning
For fyi, student midwives here in SA are *forbidden* to seek
experience
of any kind with any independently practicing midwife, on threat of a
fail grade for the clinical topic &/or expulsion from the course.
While this is the case at one uni, it does not appear to be at the
other
uni. We have a lay midwife doing the Bmid who will be doing her
practicum
with an independent midwife. We believe we are able to participate in
homebirths, and I am certainly hoping to do just that.
Kate
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