title: [Midwifery clinical practicum education].
abstract: Midwifery is a practical facet of the health sciences that emphasizes professional competence-oriented teaching and learning. Cognitive and practical processes integrate and build midwifery student professional knowledge, attitudes, and skills. Clinical education is a teaching method and strategy used to prepare midwifery students for professional practice. Midwifery clinical teaching plans are designed using literature review, expert opinions, and student comments and determine total required hours and caseloads. Midwifery clinical teaching activities and methods promote self-reflection, childbirth education fundamentals, learning by role model observation, and learning role function through overseas observership programs. This paper discusses midwifery education dilemmas and coping methods in Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chien-Huei
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Meei-Ling
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gau
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*
keywords: clinical education; midwifery