The development of a global Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme
Background: Many countries are responding to the global shortage of midwives by increasing the student intake to their midwifery schools. At the same time, attention must be paid to the quality of education being provided, so that quality of midwifery care can be assured. Methods of assuring quality...
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| author | Andrea Nove Sally Pairman Leah F. Bohle Shantanu Garg Nester T. Moyo Michaela Michel-Schuldt Axel Hoffmann Gonçalo Castro |
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| description | Background: Many countries are responding to the global shortage of midwives by increasing the student intake to their midwifery schools. At the same time, attention must be paid to the quality of education being provided, so that quality of midwifery care can be assured. Methods of assuring quality of education include accreditation schemes, but capacity to implement such schemes is weak in many countries. Objective: This paper describes the process of developing and pilot testing the International Confederation of Midwives’ Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme (ICM MEAP), based on global standards for midwifery education, and discusses the potential contribution it can make to building capacity and improving quality of care for mothers and their newborns. Methods: A review of relevant global, regional and national standards and tools informed the development of a set of assessment criteria (which was validated during an international consultation exercise) and a process for applying these criteria to midwifery schools. The process was pilot tested in two countries: Comoros and Trinidad and Tobago. Results: The assessment criteria and accreditation process were found to be appropriate in both country contexts, but both were refined after the pilot to make them more user-friendly. Conclusion: The ICM MEAP has the potential to contribute to improving health outcomes for women and newborns by building institutional capacity for the provision of high-quality midwifery education and thus improved quality of midwifery care, via improved accountability for the quality of midwifery education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72719e5567b640279a57acaba264d8bb2022-12-22T02:27:19ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGlobal Health Action1654-97161654-98802018-01-0111110.1080/16549716.2018.14896041489604The development of a global Midwifery Education Accreditation ProgrammeAndrea Nove0Sally Pairman1Leah F. Bohle2Shantanu Garg3Nester T. Moyo4Michaela Michel-Schuldt5Axel Hoffmann6Gonçalo Castro7Novametrics LtdInternational Confederation of MidwivesBasel Switzerland and University of BaselInternational Confederation of MidwivesInternational Confederation of MidwivesUniversity of Technology SydneySwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel Switzerland and University of BaselBasel Switzerland and University of BaselBackground: Many countries are responding to the global shortage of midwives by increasing the student intake to their midwifery schools. At the same time, attention must be paid to the quality of education being provided, so that quality of midwifery care can be assured. Methods of assuring quality of education include accreditation schemes, but capacity to implement such schemes is weak in many countries. Objective: This paper describes the process of developing and pilot testing the International Confederation of Midwives’ Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme (ICM MEAP), based on global standards for midwifery education, and discusses the potential contribution it can make to building capacity and improving quality of care for mothers and their newborns. Methods: A review of relevant global, regional and national standards and tools informed the development of a set of assessment criteria (which was validated during an international consultation exercise) and a process for applying these criteria to midwifery schools. The process was pilot tested in two countries: Comoros and Trinidad and Tobago. Results: The assessment criteria and accreditation process were found to be appropriate in both country contexts, but both were refined after the pilot to make them more user-friendly. Conclusion: The ICM MEAP has the potential to contribute to improving health outcomes for women and newborns by building institutional capacity for the provision of high-quality midwifery education and thus improved quality of midwifery care, via improved accountability for the quality of midwifery education.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2018.1489604Midwifery regulationquality of carehigher educationmaternal and newborn healthaccountability |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Nove Sally Pairman Leah F. Bohle Shantanu Garg Nester T. Moyo Michaela Michel-Schuldt Axel Hoffmann Gonçalo Castro The development of a global Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme Global Health Action Midwifery regulation quality of care higher education maternal and newborn health accountability |
| title | The development of a global Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme |
| title_full | The development of a global Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme |
| title_fullStr | The development of a global Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme |
| title_full_unstemmed | The development of a global Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme |
| title_short | The development of a global Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme |
| title_sort | development of a global midwifery education accreditation programme |
| topic | Midwifery regulation quality of care higher education maternal and newborn health accountability |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2018.1489604 |
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