Midwifery Students’ Experiences Obtaining Clinical Placements and Associations With Training Quality: “I Had to Figure It Out on My Own”
The burden of finding clinical placements negatively affects student clinical training experiences. Variability and inequity in the current clinical placement system threaten the quality of midwifery education and, ultimately, the strength of the midwifery workforce. A structured, equitable, and formalized clinical placement system is needed to ensure consistent, high-quality midwifery education.
Authors
- Katherine Tierney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7235-1833)
- Julie Blumenfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2795-1941)
- Amy Alspaugh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4427-4807)
- Laura D. Lindberg
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Western Michigan University (US)
- Knoxville College (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Midwifery & Women s Health
- Published
- 2026-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.70097
- Primary Topic
- Nursing education and management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00