title: Exploring the impact of clinical placement models on undergraduate midwifery students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Learning undertaken through clinical placements provides up to 50% of the educational experience for students in pre-registration midwifery courses. However little is known about of the impact various models of clinical placement have on the learning experiences of undergraduate midwifery students. Two clinical placement models have been employed for undergraduate midwifery students at Monash University, including the block placement model and the continuous two days per week model.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This project sought to explore the learning experiences of students in these two models of placement.
  
  
  METHODS
  Focus groups were held on two campuses with a total of 17 students from different cohorts and programs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No one type of placement was favoured over another both had benefits and disadvantages. Further, this study found that regardless of program and clinical placement model the major learning impact for students was related to the midwife they worked with each day on placement rather than to the model.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No one type of placement was favoured over another both had benefits and disadvantages. Further, this study found that regardless of program and clinical placement model the major learning impact for students was related to the midwife they worked with each day on placement rather than to the model.
authors: School of Nursing & Midwifery, Monash University, Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Australia. Carole.Gilmour@monash.edu
authors: Carole
authors: C
authors: Gilmour
authors: Meredith
authors: M
authors: McIntyre
authors: Gayle
authors: G
authors: McLelland
authors: Helen
authors: H
authors: Hall
authors: Maureen
authors: M
authors: Miles
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012918:Social Alienation / Q000523:psychology; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult