The personal and professional importance of post-registration postgraduate education

Walker, Louise; Spendlove, Zoey

Abstract

The nature of both pre-registration and post-registration midwifery education has changed dramatically over the last two decades, being firmly established within academia and the higher education domain. Notwithstanding the changes to midwifery education, midwives' perceptions of post-registration education, and continual professional development in particular, are mixed. The terms professional training and post-registration education are used interchangeably despite representing different goals. This article will explore professional perceptions of the post-registration educational journey, the concept of further academic development for individual midwives through postgraduate study and how engagement of midwives in postgraduate study could benefit both individual midwives and the collective profession of midwifery.

Citation

Walker, L., & Spendlove, Z. (2018). The personal and professional importance of post-registration postgraduate education. British Journal of Midwifery, 26(2), 120-124. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2018.26.2.120

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 8, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jan 31, 2018
• Publication Date: Feb 10, 2018
• Deposit Date: Feb 16, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 16, 2018
• Journal: British Journal of Midwifery
• Print ISSN: 0969-4900
• Electronic ISSN: 2052-4307
• Publisher: Mark Allen Healthcare
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 120-124
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2018.26.2.120
• Keywords: Midwifery education, Post-registration education, Postgraduate study, Continuing professional development, Professionalisation
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/910945
• Publisher URL: http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2018.26.2.120
• Additional Information: This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in British Journal of Midwifery, copyright ©2018 MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2018.26.2.120
• Contract Date: Feb 16, 2018