"The best laid schemes...": an evaluation of the extension of midwifery training in Scotland.
A research project was undertaken to evaluate the extension of midwifery training in Scotland. The evaluative criterion used was the new midwives' employment decisions. The data on students' valuation of their training suggest that they regard their time as having been well spent and other data show that socialization into midwifery increased with the longer training. Confidence in midwifery skills did not change markedly in association with the extension of training. Certain benefits of the longer course anticipated among midwives, are shown by these data not to have happened.
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Department of Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
D003657:Decision Making; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000193:education*; D011361:Professional Competence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012606:Scotland; D012649:Self Concept