Jayne’s particular interests lie in the complexities surrounding professional issues, law and ethics relating to midwifery practice and optimising the experiences of women and their families throughout the childbirth continuum: subjects upon which she has written a number of publications and the focus of her PhD study, an ethnographic study into intrapartum informed consent. Periodic Subject Reviewer for Pre-Registration Bachelor of Midwifery (Hons) in Midwifery, University of Manchester, August 2012 - May 2013. It has a running theme of promoting normality and informed choice, and shows many of the challenges to achieving this. Subsequently, the controlled cord traction marks, extracted from the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), were compared to the self-reported competency of these midwifery students using R software version 3. From the quick glance I’ve had through, the writing is like a combination of my favourite European female authors (Austin, Joanne Harris, Margaret Atwood),with a deep midwifery philosophy throughout.

It’s evidence-based, but also has practical advice – for instance, not being worried if women are very quiet during labour – this can be a very good thing as women retreat inward! In Marshall JE and Raynor MD (2014) Myles Textbook for Midwives (16th ed), Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier, pp 243-286. Marshall JE (2012) Tanggung jawab professional bidan dalam mengembangkan kompetensi di bidang keterampilan baru. The care of pregnant, labouring and breast feeding mothers and of the baby are detailed as well as discussion on the occupational implications for healthcare professionals who care for them. Now published for the first time in full colour, Myles Textbook for Midwives 16th edition also comes with Elsevier EVOLVE ancillaries - an exciting online learning package consisting of 500 self-assessment questions and answers and a fully downloadable image bank.

It has been translated into many languages with a specific African version now in its third edition). As you’d expect from the title, this, as opposed to the ‘Ross and Wilson’ guide above, is more midwifery focussed. Winner of the Midlands Maternity and Midwifery Festival 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding achievement and commitment in the maternity and midwifery services, Leicester: 9 April 2019.

Elsevier is a leading publisher of health science books and journals, helping to advance medicine by delivering superior education, reference information and decision support tools to doctors, nurses, health practitioners and students. Great for exams where you could be quizzed on anything, and clinics where you could also be quizzed on anything, but by the women you're caring for!In Marshall JE and Raynor MD (2014) Myles Textbook for Midwives (16th ed), Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier, pp 327-366. Downe S, Marshall JE, and Tagutanazvo O, (2016) Transition and the second stage of labour: physiology and the role of the midwife. Marshall JE, Experiences of student midwives learning and working abroad in Europe: the value of an ERASMUS undergraduate midwifery education exchange programme, University of Nottingham, 2012.

Excellent for a perspective from the USA, and as we discussed, America gets everywhere so even if you’re a UK midwife, you’ll benefit from knowing how care developed over there.

Objectives: The knowledge and skills of final-year student nurse-midwives related to the active management of the third stage of labour were determined. External Examiner: Kingston University / St George’s University of London DipHE / BSc [Hons] in Midwifery from October 2006 – September 2010.