Quality considerations in midwifery pre-service education: Exemplars from Africa

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 308-315

  Fullerton, Judith T ^a   Johnson, Peter G ^b   Thompson, Joyce B ^a   Vivio, Donna ^a  

^a Jhpiego An affiliate of Johns Hopkins University ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Midwifery pre service education; Midwifery workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ETHIOPIA; GHANA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAWI; MIDWIFE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CAREER CHOICE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; ETHIOPIA; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HUMANS; MALAWI; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, NURSING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79957614633     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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