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The Obstetrics Team: Midwives Teaching Residents and Medical Students on the Labor and Delivery Unit
Author(s) -
Feinland Julie Baker,
Sankey Heather Z.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of midwifery and women's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1542-2011
pISSN - 1526-9523
DOI - 10.1016/j.jmwh.2007.12.006
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , obstetrics , medical education , medicine , nursing , psychology , mathematics education
In response to the new standards for resident work hours issued in 2003, Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA developed a program for midwifery involvement in resident and medical education. The Obstetrics Team consists of a midwife teaching first‐year residents in obstetrics/gynecology and emergency medicine and third‐year medical students on the labor and delivery unit. This program has successfully addressed the need for resident and medical education as well as service provision created by reduced resident work hours and provides a useful model for other institutions.