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Midwifery
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Midwifery practice in the New Zealand context
Please contribute to this resource
If you have any information or resources that you think might be useful to share please feel free to add content to this wiki. For this to be a valuable resource for midwives in New Zealand or internationally it needs your input.
Who might use this resource? This resource was begun in October 2007 while Carolyn was engaged in a course in facilitating online learning communities through Manukau and Otago Polytechnics in New Zealand. It has principally been designed for undergraduate student midwives however others may also be interested in this web site. Midwives might use this to access material relevant to midwifery practice in New Zealand. If you have any new information to add to this website please feel free to do so. I intend to continue to build and grow this site as time and resources permit.
Midwifery in New Zealand The midwifery profession in New Zealand has pioneered a partnership model of care . Midwives work in partnership [1] with women providing or supporting continuity of care and co-ordinating support from other health professionals when necessary. Midwives are either employed within maternity facilities through District Health Boardsor they are self employed through the Section 88 contract with the Ministry of health.The midwifery profession is governed by the Midwifery council of New Zealandand is supported by the New Zealand College of midwiveswhich is the professional voice of midwifery. Midwives in New Zealand are autonomous health professionals and work within the scope of their practice as outlined by the Midwifery Council of new Zealand.
Midwifery education in New Zealand
Midwifery education in New Zealand is a three year, direct entry bachelor degree program. It is therefore an academic program which also has a strong clinical component.
There are two schools of midwifery in the South Island of New Zealand. In Christchurch (CPIT) and In Dunedin (Otago Polytechnic). These two schools are in the process of merging to form one South Island wide school with two campuses.
Starting in 2009 the South Island midwifery program will be taught through a flexible model with students able to remain in their own home town for most of their midwifery education. There will be some face to face components, the course is not totally distance, their will be three two week blocks scattered throughout the first year of the program and a similar arrangement in year two. Overseas women interested in this program will still need to come to New Zealand as it is necessary to work alongside midwives in our communities.
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About this wiki
At the top left hand side of this wiki you will see a tab labeled discussion. You can click on this tab and you will find some topics for discussion. Please feel free to click on the edit tab and add your comments. It would be useful to us if you sign your name with comments. The questions listed here are only a guide you can add any other comments you wish. Remember to hit the save tab when you have finished adding your comment.If you feel you have something useful to add to this main page then you may do so. Consider this carefully before doing so, please use the discussion area if you are leaving a comment or suggestion.
Communities of practice
Midwifery requires a process of life long learning, midwives need to be familiar with recent developments and to identify how these can be applied in their own practice. The importance of communities of practice for adult learning has been discussed since first described by Wenger and Lave in 1991. Communities of practice cannot be created but need to be given the opportunity to grow and develop. By providing online networking tools and resources, for midwives in the undergraduate degree programs, midwives in the future might continue to use online resources to support their continuing professional development. In this audio link Sheryl Nesbaum-Beech discusses building Virtual communities this. This next link is a recording of a 10 minute lecture by Nancy White on the topic of peer assistance achieved through communities of practice .
Follow this link [ communities of practice ] to more information about communities of practice for midwives and students in the undergraduate midwifery degree program.
Otago Polytechnic online courses supported by wikis
Clinical practice videos
There are several excellent open-source learning resources, for clinical midwifery skills, available online. Lecturers at the school of midwifery have reviewed these and selected those that they feel will most benefit New Zealand midwifery students. Following this link will take you to these resources [ Clinical practice videos ].
Sustainability and midwifery
The midwifery model of care promotes and supports intervention free labour and birth, supporting the judicious use of resources. Midwives consider women as individuals involved in a normal physiological process. Sustainability is a topic of importance to everyone. We all have a responsibility to consider how we impact on the planet and consider how we can reduce this impact. Women need midwives however we have a looming midwifery shortage and need to sustain and support midwives currently in practice. Midwives have an opportunity to consider how they can best promote sustainability in use of resources, promoting sustainability in the community and sustainability of midwifery practice.
Sustainability will be a feature of the new joint midwifery program being developed by Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology and Otago Polytechnic. Lorna Davies from Christchurch Polytechnic is developing a Wiki resource to support this program. You will find this here, or click on the link above. Lorna has an extensive list of publications, amongst these is an article on this topic.
Annie Leonard has produced a very good slide show discussing the impact of consumerism and sustainability. Well worth a look. Check it out at the is link.
Online Etiquette
Online communication, particularly text communication, differs from face to face communication. Without body language to aid our understanding of mood, demeanor and meaning, extra care is required to make sure messages are not misunderstood. Follow this link to more information about online etiquette for students using electronic communication in the Bachelor of Midwifery Degree program Netiquette
Blogs
The term blog is short for weblog. More information is available here [2]
Wikis
Wikis are websites which allow those visiting to edit or add content. This is a Wiki. For midwifery students wikis might allow joint development of material for course work, for example putting together a group presentation. Wikis are much more than this however. More information on wikis is available here [3]
Peer support
Developing skills in critique of online resources
Midwives in second life
Link here to information about the virtual midwives collaboration group in Second-Life.
References
There is a lot of material on networked learning at: Networked learning or you could link to the relevant sections from your page. This should save you some time. Perhaps if you want something added about networking you could add it to Networked_learning pages on WikiEducator first and then link to it. The developers are looking for input.--bron 01:29, 13 November 2007 (CET)
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