Global Midwifery Mentorship

Dr Elaine Jefford, midwifery researcher, is an author and editor-in-chief for the International Journal of Childbirth: Women’s and Reproductive Health and employed as a senior midwifery lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast, and is Adjunct Associate Professor at Southern Cross University, Australia. Her research focus is within the field of midwifery decision-making and abdicating one’s professional accountability. This research underpins midwifery education practice and policy, and leadership and mentorship, as the relationship of one or all on midwifery decision-making can impact risk, safety and quality of care provision. A programme of research has led to strong collaborations in national and international research, service development work and practitioner training initiatives. Other research interests include birth trauma, perinatal mental well-being, deteriorating women, childbirth for incarnated women, self-compassion and women’s health such as menopause. She led the validation of the Australian Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised. This scale has been appraised by international opinion leaders and has been endorsed by the International Consortium of Health Outcome Measurement (ICHOM) as the measure of choice to assess ‘birth satisfaction’ worldwide within the ICHOM Standard Set for Pregnancy and Childbirth. She is now leading the Partner-Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (PBSS-R) Australian validation team. She has also been involved in national and international midwifery curriculum development and was a member of the Midwifery Accreditation Committee, which is part of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council. She is also Chair of the Trans-Tasman Midwifery Education Consortium.Dr Lyn Ebert is a registered nurse and midwife, a women’s health and midwifery education researcher and Associate Professor in Midwifery at the Southern Cross University (SCU). She is the Midwifery Work Integrated Learning Academic Coordinator (WILAC) for SCU. The WILAC role entails managing and administering the work integrated learning (WIL) or Midwifery Professional Experience (MPE) of a programme and ensures academic, clinical and strategic oversight and coordination of the WIL for the programme. She is committed to supporting the development of innovative health education strategies, curriculum teaching and learning methods that support student learning, childbearing women’s safety and improved midwifery workforce culture.

• Introduction, 1 History of Midwifery Education and Mentorship , 2 Midwifery Education in Healthcare: Theories and models, 3 Midwifery Leadership in Healthcare: Theories and Models, 4 Midwifery Mentorship: The Context, 5 Midwifery Mentorship: Professional and Personal Attributes, 6 Mentoring as a Professional Support Strategy, 7 Mentorship as an inclusive method for Professional Learning and Development, 8 Midwifery Mentorship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 9 Midwifery Mentorship in Bangladesh, 10 Midwifery Mentorship in Belgium, 11 Midwifery Mentorship in Canada, 12 Midwifery Mentorship in the United Kingdom, 13 Midwifery Mentorship in Ireland, 14 Midwifery Mentorship in Japan, 15 Midwifery Mentorship in Malta, 16 Midwifery Mentorship in Mexico, 17 Midwifery Mentorship in the Netherlands, 18 Midwifery Mentoring in Aotearoa New Zealand, 19 Midwifery Mentorship in Pakistan, 20 Midwifery Mentorship in Scotland, 21 Midwife Mentoring in Thailand, 22 Midwifery Mentorship:-Australian Cultural Considerations, 23 Midwifery Mentorship in Australian Curricula, 24 Midwifery Mentorship in Practice: An Organisational Perspective, 25 Midwifery Mentorship – Mentee perspective, 26 The role of supporting mentorship in Midwifery, 27 Midwifery Mentorship: The Impact on Participating Midwives., 28 Midwifery Mentoring and Supervision, 29 Midwifery Mentorship: Future Directions