Todays theme is midwifery: Professional expertise, Knowledge, Skills, Heart and Hands, And Most Importantly, Respectful, Woman-Centric Care is the hallmark of midwifery. So, Who is a Midwife? Midwives Are Scientifically Trained Professionals - Midwives are trained professionals with expertise and skills in supporting women to maintain healthy pregnancies and have optimal births and recoveries during the postpartum period. Midwives provide women with individualized care uniquely suited to their physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and cultural needs. Midwifery is a woman-centered empowering model of maternity care that is utilized in all of the countries of the world with the best maternal and infant outcomes such as The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Canada. The International Confederation of Midwives defines a midwife as: A midwife is a person who has successfully completed a midwifery education programme that is duly recognized in the country where it is located and that is based on the ICM Essential Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice and the framework of the ICM Global Standards for Midwifery Education; who has acquired the requisite qualifications to be registered and/or legally licensed to practice midwifery and use the title ‘midwife’; and who demonstrates competency in the practice of midwifery.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 06:35:31 +0000
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