title: Advancing to basics: a student midwife in Gambia.
abstract: As a student midwife I wanted to experience the delivery of midwifery care in a setting that was completely different from what I was used to, and had the opportunity to join a team of 10 medical students on a two-week exchange visit to Gambia as part of the Swansea-Gambia link. I worked on the maternity unit at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH) in the capital city, Banjul, the national referral centre for Gambia. The Swansea-Gambia link was formed from 'Wales for Africa Health links'-a unique response, from Wales, to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (United Nations Development Plan (UNDP) 2009). I am thrilled that my involvement with the link has now established the opportunity for two Swansea midwifery students to visit Gambia each year as an elective placement.
authors.affiliation: Swansea University.
authors.forename: Catrin Haf
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Elis
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005714:Gambia; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D009321:Natural Childbirth / Q000451:nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D013338:Students, Nursing; D014852:Wales