02 February 2016 02 Feb 2016

Pre-registration midwifery education: Clinicians in the classroom

By 1996, midwifery pre-registration education in the UK was fully integrated into higher education and, currently, 92 universities offer approved midwifery courses in England (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), 2015) Successful completion of the programme of study provides student midwives with both a theoretical and professional qualification This move to higher education was perceived by some to distance theoretical input from practice; a disconnect known as the ‘theory–practice gap’