Just go straight for Bachelor of Midwifery (BMidwif) as we have here.
Ann M Thomson
Professor of Midwifery,
School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work,
University of Manchester,
Coupland III Building,
Manchester M13 9PL,
UK
Tel (0)161 275 5342
Fax (0)161 275 5346
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From: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ans Luyben
Sent: 17 December 2005 11:52
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Subject: Bachelors of what ?
Dear colleagues,
As due to Bologna most midwifery programmes in Switzerland are changing to
Bachelors and Masters programmes we experienced having difficulties with
deciding for an appropriate title.
The possibilities are:
- Bachelors of Science in...............
- Bachelors of Arts in.................
- Bachelors of ...................... ( equivalent of midwifery)
Can anybody provide me arguments for one of them and share their thoughts
with me ????
Important considerations to me are:
- Equivalent to midwifery programmes in other countries
- The Novice to Expert model of Benner's, which has implications for further
study: masters etc.
- having an own body of knowledge
- coherence to the masters' titles; several midwives preferred a master of
science
One of the issues certainly is that we in the germanspeaking and french
speaking countries have a professional title, but are lacking a defined
professional area ( such as "midwifery"). It should be "geburtshilfe" (
obstetrics), but that was taken over by the medical profession in earlier
days, as in most other countries.
Thanks !!
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Ans Luyben
Ans Luyben
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