Abstract
Summary
The future of the midwifery profession holds many exciting opportunities for those looking for new challenges and aspiring to make a difference. Aside from clinical practice, midwives can now enjoy a multitude of career avenues within the profession, which offer alternative pathways to impact. This article explores how academic midwifery practice can instigate broad scale transformations and challenge the status quo via research, evidence, leadership and mentorship. Support and advice is also outlined to those midwives looking to publish their own work and share evidence-based practice with a global audience.
The future of the midwifery profession holds many exciting opportunities for those looking for new challenges and aspiring to make a difference. Aside from clinical practice, midwives can now enjoy a multitude of career avenues within the profession, which offer alternative pathways to impact. This article explores how academic midwifery practice can instigate broad scale transformations and challenge the status quo via research, evidence, leadership and mentorship. Support and advice is also outlined to those midwives looking to publish their own work and share evidence-based practice with a global audience.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 16-20 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Practising Midwife |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2019 |
Keywords
- midwifery
- Midwifery educator
- Academia
- Research
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Maternity and Midwifery
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