Learning leadership: students' experiences of a midwifery mentoring practicum.
A leadership mentoring practicum is described wherein nurse-midwifery students are placed with leader/mentors at the state, regional, and national levels of organizations. Logs are kept by the students and discussions at student-faculty seminars focus on linking leadership theory to observations of leadership qualities and behaviours in the mentors. A profile of a "composite leader" derived from the students' experience experiences is presented.
Dirks
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Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Gouverneur
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McCullum
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McGovern
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Melsness
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Saunders
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D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013663:Teaching