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Thank you very very much.
With best wishes from Slovenia,
Polona Skocir


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From: "Declan Devane" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: midwifery education in Europe


> Ana
>
> Admission requirements in Ireland are General Nursing (cert, dip or
degree)
>
> All other details are correct.
>
> Best of luck
> Declan
>
> Declan Devane,
> Doctoral Student,
> School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies,
> University of Dublin Trinity College,
> Trinity Centre for Health Sciences Education,
> St. James's Hospital,
> Dublin 8.
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> Tel: 087 659 69 23
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> Quoting Polona Skocir <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>  Dear midwives,
>
>  I'm Ana Polona Skoèir, 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 Skoèir
>
>
>  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.
>
>
>