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Dear Polona, As far as the Netherlands are concerned, your data are correct. I wish you a lot of success with the completion of your thesis! Marianne Amelink -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Polona Skocir Verzonden: woensdag 3 december 2003 9:31 Aan: [log in to unmask] Onderwerp: midwifery education in Europe Dear midwives, I'm Ana Polona Skočir, a midwife from Slovenia. I'm an assistent at the College of health studies in Ljubljana; midwifery department. As a part of my MSc thesis at the University of Aberdeen, I'm doing a reserach about postnatal depression. I included the following table by Emons and Luiten in my study. However, my mentor warned me that not all the data in the table are correct. As I need to submit my work next week, I would like to ask you to help me. Would you be so kind and please send me the correct data for your country? Thank you in advance and best wishes from Slovenia, Polona Skočir Table 10. Midwifery education in the European countries; a comparison with the Slovenian circumstances. Level of education Duration of the study Admission requirements Austria University 3 years University entrance qualification Belgium University 3 or 4 years Secondary school diploma Denmark College 3.5 years Student's degree and 9 months working experience Finland College 1.5 years Nurse diploma, good state of health and aptitude test France University 4 years Baccalaureate Germany College 3 years Diploma gymnasium and good state of health Greece Course 112 weeks National exams Ireland University 2 years General nurse diploma and working experience Italy University 3 years High school diploma Luxembourg College 2 years General nurse diploma The Netherlands College 4 years High school diploma with biology and chemistry Portugal University 88 weeks Nurse diploma and 2 years of working experience Spain University 2 years Nurse diploma and National exam Sweden College 1.5 years Nurse diploma and 6 months of working experience United Kingdom University 3 years Higher education incl. Science and English, age of 17 Slovenia College 3 years Secondary school and good state of health Adapted from: Emons and Luiten, 2001, p. 116.