Competency-based education: The essential basis of pre-service education for the professional midwifery workforce

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1129-1136

  Fullerton, Judith T ^a   Thompson, Joyce B ^b   Johnson, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JHPIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency based education; Midwifery education; Midwifery workforce

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE MIDWIVES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84884413006     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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