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Caseload management and midwifery lecturers: recommendations for practice using a modified Delphi technique

Abstract:

Clinical practice is becoming a reality for lecturers in midwifery in New Zealand. The future introduction of legislation that requires proof of competency will make the requirement more pressing. This paper presents the findings of a research project aimed at developing a set of guidelines for midwifery lecturers who take on a continuity caseload as a way of maintaining practice. The purpose of these guidelines is to help managers and lecturers combine practice and academic duties in order to benefit from the practice and avoid the pitfalls. A modified Delphi technique involving midwifery lecturers and school managers in New Zealand was used. The end result was a set of guidelines that contained 25 suggested recommendations.

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competence to practice, faculty practice, midwifery educators