Midwifery courses are known to be stressful,1 mainly due to the worries of managing clinical placements, completing assignments and not…
Regardless of the research question, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) – and the pooling of their results into meta-analyses – are…
There is an increasing need to deliver high value care.1 High value maternity care will produce the highest level of…
How private obstetric care is funded in Australia In Australia, both public and private hospitals receive activity-based funding for maternity…
Access Access to sexual and reproductive health care is a fundamental human-right. Moreover, not having access is correlated with women’s…
Introduction Job satisfaction is an individual’s evaluative judgment which is informed by accumulated experiences and feelings.1 Midwives’ job satisfaction is…
Homebirth in Australia The safety of homebirth in high-income countries is largely uncontested – at least in the research literature….
“Every woman needs a midwife, some need a doctor too” 1 Up to 25% of women start pregnancy with at…
Introduction Internationally, mentoring is an essential part of undergraduate midwifery education. A mentor is different to a preceptor because a…