The development of a global Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme

Nove, A; Pairman, S; Bohle, LF; Garg, S; Moyo, NT; Michel-Schuldt, M; Hoffmann, A; Castro, G

The development of a global Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme

Nove, A Pairman, S Bohle, LF Garg, S Moyo, NT Michel-Schuldt, M

Hoffmann, A Castro, G

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Citation:: Global Health Action, 2018, 11 (1)
Issue Date:: 2018-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Nove, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Pairman, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bohle, LF	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Garg, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Moyo, NT	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Michel-Schuldt, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7716-4711	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hoffmann, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Castro, G	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Global Health Action, 2018, 11 (1)	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/129843
dc.description.abstract	© 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. 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.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Global Health Action	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/16549716.2018.1489604	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Midwifery	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Internationality	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Accreditation	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Capacity Building	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Global Health	en_US
dc.title	The development of a global Midwifery Education Accreditation Programme	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	11	en_US
utslib.for	1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Students
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pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	11	en_US

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© 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. 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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