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Portfolios - a necessary evil?

Abstract:

It appears that midwifery regulatory bodies, both in New Zealand and overseas, have embraced the concept of professional portfolios or profiles, to such an extent that the maintenance of a portfolio will become a requirement for sustaining midwifery competency (Nursing Council of New Zealand, 1999). What then is it that makes the New Zealand registration authority believe that a portfolio is vital for a midwife's professional development? Why do midwives appear to have the opposite opinion, and throw up their hands in horror whenever the subject of portfolios is raised? In this paper, I wish to examine these questions, and using literature and my own personal experience, endeavor to provide some answers that will prepare midwives to explore the issues further.

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midwifery cometency, portfolio, professional development, professional profile, reflection