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THE EVOLUTION OF THE CORE COMPETENCIES FOR BASIC MIDWIFERY PRACTICE
Author(s) -
Burst Helen Varney,
Avery Melissa D.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the journal of midwifery and womens health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1542-2011
pISSN - 1526-9523
DOI - 10.1016/s1526-9523(00)00079-9
Subject(s) - accreditation , obstetrics , core competency , core (optical fiber) , nurse midwives , nursing , medical education , medicine , political science , management , engineering , pregnancy , telecommunications , biology , economics , genetics
The Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice , as promulgated by the American College of Nurse‐Midwives (ACNM), was first published in 1978 to provide a standard approach to nurse‐midwifery education. Since then, it has been revised three times, most recently in 1997, and now serve as the curricular template for ACNM‐accredited education programs. This paper discusses the historic evolution of the core competencies and the document's use in midwifery education and practice.