Addressing the midwifery workforce crisis: Evaluating an employment model for undergraduate midwifery students at a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne, Australia

Women and Birth

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 173-179

  McLachlan, Helen L ^a   Forster, Della A ^a,b   Ford, Rachael L ^a,b   Farrell, Tanya ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maternity; Midwifery; Student employment; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT MODEL; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; MODEL; NURSE MIDWIFE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, NURSING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80755128932     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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