title: Past and present midwifery education in Turkey.
abstract: Among criteria relating to the level of development in a country are health indicators such as total fertility, maternal mortality, infant mortality, and rates of life expectancy at birth. These have a close relationship with the quality of health-care services, especially those provided by midwives. An improvement in midwifery services can be achieved to a great extent by standardised and high-quality midwifery education. Until recently, midwifery education has not been standardised in Turkey. Although improvements have been made, more needs to be accomplished. In this paper, we report the development of midwifery education in Turkey from a historical perspective, dealing with past and present applications, and make recommendations to overcome existing problems.
authors.affiliation: Ege University Izmir Ataturk School of Health, Department of Midwifery, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. neriman.sogukpinar@ege.edu.tr
authors.forename: Neriman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sogukpinar
authors.forename: Birsen K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Saydam
authors.forename: Ozlem D
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: Hafize
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: Aytül
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pelik
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D014421:Turkey