Hello Everyone,
My name is Annabel Jay. I am a senior lecturer in Midwifery and studying for a Doctorate in Health Research, exploring women's experience of labour induction.
I am also the admissions tutor for the pre-registration (3 year) midwifery programme at the University of Hertfordshire, England and am currently evaluating our selection procedures. I am not convinced that the traditional face to face interview is a very reliable means of assessing a candidate's suitability for the profession. We have also tried using group discussions, whereby candidates are given a short, fictitious scenario on a midwifery-related topic and invited to discuss it. However, this has not lived up to its early promise.
I would be very interested to learn of any work that has been done to formally evaluate selection procedures for midwifery students in other HEIs and Schools of Midwifery. Also, if any admissions tutors reading this have hit upon a more reliable method of identifying sound potential, I would be very grateful to learn more about it,
Kind regards,
Annabel
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