Professional standardsPractice-based learningBackground: The Australian Midwifery Standards Assessment Tool (AMSAT) was developed against the Competency Standards for the Midwife in 2017 to enable consistent assessment of midwifery student performance in practice-based settings. The AMSAT requires revision and...
A lack of consistency and evidence of discrepancies in the standards of midwifery education and practice regulation nationally are identified. When these are considered alongside the planned development of a three-year Bachelor of Midwifery, due to be introduced into Australia in mid-2002, there ...
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The AMSAT requires revision and re-validation as the competency standards have now been superseded by the Midwife Standards for Practice 2018.Sweet, LindaFleet, JulieBull, AngelaDowner, TerriFox, DeborahBowman, RebekahEbert, LynGraham, KristenBass, JaniceMuller, AmandaHenderson, Amanda...
A widely accepted National DMF allowing nurses and midwives in Australia to engage in planned changes to professional practice, grounded in the professional judgement of the individual nurse or midwife, and collaboration with the consumer.Conclusions. The project's grounding in consensus influenced the ...
This situation called for evidence of a comparison to resolve the debate.The aim of this study was to investigate midwifery students' experiences of the benefits and challenges between paper-based and ePortfolios when compiling evidence to meet the requirements for initial registration as a midwife ...
Despite the well-established benefits of antenatal education (ANE) and breastfeeding for mothers, there is a paucity of evidence about the uptake of ANE and breastfeeding amongst women from refugee backgrounds or its associations with sociodemographic factors. The current study is a cross-sectional ...