Midwifery education in COVID-19- time: Challenges and opportunities.

Betacoronavirus; COVID-19; Communicable Disease Control/methods; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology/prevention & control; Education/trends; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/methods/organization & administration/standards; Educational Status; Europe/epidemiology; Humans; Midwifery/education; Organizational Innovation; Pandemics/prevention & control; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology/prevention & control; SARS-CoV-2

Disciplines :

Public health, health care sciences & services

Author, co-author :

Luyben, Ans; Centre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinatal Health, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK, Department of Health Services Research, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: luyben@bluewin.ch.

Fleming, Valerie; School of Nursing and Allied Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.

VERMEULEN, Joris ; University of Luxembourg

External co-authors :

yes

Language :

English

Title :

Midwifery education in COVID-19- time: Challenges and opportunities.

Publication date :

October 2020

Journal title :

Midwifery

ISSN :

0266-6138

Publisher :

Churchill Livingstone, Us

Volume :

Pages :

102776

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