Using reflection. Mentoring midwifery students in India

CMC and E-Mentoring in Midwifery

A mentoring relationship is one in which an experienced person or mentor supports a less experienced person or mentee. E-mentoring is an alternative to traditional face-to-face mentoring incorporating the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC). Currently, e-mentoring is not commonly practiced by New Zealand midwives; however there is some interest in its potential especially as it may ove...

Near-peer mentoring to complement faculty mentoring of first-year medical students in India

PURPOSE The first year is stressful for new medical students who have to cope with curricular challenges, relocation issues, and separation from family. Mentoring reduces stress and facilitates adaptation. A program for faculty mentoring of first-semester students was initiated by the Medical Education Unit in 2009 at University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi. Feedback after the first year ...

Using the objective structured clinical examinations in undergraduate midwifery students

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has been considered a modern type of examination for the assessment of clinical skills within nurse education, but it has been rarely applied in the teaching of midwifery. The aim of the present study was to assess the use of the OSCE as a tool to evaluate the abilities of undergraduate midwifery students and to compare the perspectives of th...

Mentoring for Medical Students

Medical education as one of the respected profession of the society worldwide routinely faces casualty as well as stressful events. Medical students through out their academic tenure exposed to stressful environment, which affect their physical health, psychological well-being as well as their career. Many school of consistently comment that strong mentor-mentee relationship greatly influence m...

Towards Unprejudiced Midwifery Care — Midwifery Students’ Views on Homosexuality