03/11/2026
The Flowering of Midwifery Education by Elizabeth Davis
We certainly have come a long way in our journey to find ways to educate ourselves: from the self-starting days to study groups, intensives, courses, and now, formal programs. The Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC) undertook the formidable task of creating an accreditation process that would honor and preserve a variety of educational routes, especially apprenticeship, and has largely succeeded. And yet, the stories come through from time to time, and with increasing frequency, of this midwife or that behaving most unwisely, or from a place of fear, arrogance or detachment. Some of the behaviors and decisions made by these midwives have prompted me to say, “But that’s not midwifery…” Or even, “How could a midwife do that?”
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