Bullen Marilyn
Northern Hospital, 185 Cooper St, Epping, Victoria 3076.
Aust J Midwifery. 2003 Dec;16(4):14-7.
The current critical shortage of midwives is a worldwide phenomenon that has created the need for educational programs that prepare midwives, who have previously left midwifery practice, for return to the contemporary clinical workforce. This paper focuses on the support requirements of midwives involved in a refresher program as determined by a research project conducted at The Northern Hospital in Melbourne during 2001. The project was a small-scale case study involving eight program participants. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to generate data. Analysis of the data revealed that the concept of support must be considered from personal and professional perspectives, if successful outcomes are to be achieved.
The response of the Federal Government to the dire shortage of midwives currently working in public healthcare facilities has been to allocate funding to the states and territories for education and re-skilling programs, with the aim of enticing midwives back to clinical practice (Walsh 2001). In Victoria, refresher programs have been developed to meet the needs of midwives whose level of expertise has diminished due to lack of clinical experience, but who have fulfilled the necessary requirements.
当前助产士严重短缺是一个全球性现象，这使得有必要开展教育项目，让那些此前离开助产士岗位的人重新回归当代临床工作队伍。本文聚焦于参与进修项目的助产士的支持需求，这些需求由2001年在墨尔本北部医院开展的一个研究项目确定。该项目是一个小规模案例研究，涉及8名项目参与者。通过问卷调查和半结构化访谈来收集数据。数据分析表明，如果要取得成功的结果，就必须从个人和专业角度来考虑支持的概念。
联邦政府对目前在公共医疗设施中工作的助产士严重短缺的回应是，向各州和领地拨款用于教育和再培训项目，目的是吸引助产士重返临床实践（沃尔什，2001年）。在维多利亚州，已经制定了进修项目，以满足那些因缺乏临床经验而专业技能水平下降，但满足必要要求的助产士的需求。
