In Poland profession Midwives30,6 1000 people presently perform. On average, little than 8 births per year per midwife, says Monday's “Rzeczpospolita”.
This is simply a simple mathematical account, taking into account that in 2025 about 238 1000 children were born in Poland, with specified a advanced number of midwives, on average there are only 8 births per year.
Still, Midwives – in undergraduate mode – presently has 37 schools and the number of students can scope 5,000. At least that's how the estimates of the Chief home of Nurses and Midwives show.
– The problem, in addition to the increasing number of children born, is the education, or, in fact, 2 separate paths of education. This makes it very hard to reclassify a midwife as a caregiver and vice versa. The education strategy should be changed, so that the first module, e.g. the bachelor's degree, is common to nurses and midwives “Rz” Jakub Kraszewski, manager of the University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk, says.
– To be a good worker, you besides request practice. In the meantime, if there is 1 birth a week in the ward, it is hard to talk about acquiring skills and developing competences. Students besides have problem gaining experience. – The standard of perinatal care states that the patient decides whether, outside the midwife and the accompanying person, individual else can be present during childbirth. So he may not give approval to a student. And this one, according to the program basis, must receive forty births in order to be able to take the diploma exam – informs Anna Janik, Vice president of the Board of Nurses and Midwives.
Negative demographic trends and unreformed education mean that a profession that has been a profession for years means unemployment for many today.
Source: PAP
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