INEC Increasing Ethical Competence
Midwifery education needs to give a strong basis for ethical competence when graduating midwifery students. This support can be systematic and targeted continuing education, mentoring or possibility to have supervision at work.
Factsheet
- Lead school School of Health Professions
- Institute Midwifery
- Funding organisation Europäische Union
- Duration 01.10.2013 - 31.07.2017
- Project management Dr. Stephan Oelhafen
- Head of project Dr. Stephan Oelhafen
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Project staff
Dr. Stephan Oelhafen
Prof. Ursula Hölzli Reid -
Partner
Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS), Faculty of Health Care
East-Tallinn Central Hospital Womens’ Clinic (ITK)
Turku University Hospital (TYKS)
Tallinn Health Care College (TTK) - Keywords Midwifery, Ethics, Competence, Education, Practice, Lifelong Learning Programme
Situation
The main purpose of this project is to develop in cooperation with educational and clinical partners a tangible educational model to increase midwifery students’ and midwives’ ethical competence.
Course of action
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Result
Results from 43 individual and focus group interviews, an online questionnaire as well as the lessons learnt from piloting 15 interventions in several institutions were integrated into a spiral curricular model for increasing midwives’ ethical competence. This model, called MidEthics, covers essential competences for midwives to be obtained in training and in clinical practice, and should inform curriculum development and policy makers.
