Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 55-64 , June 2008

The birth of ‘MidPLUS’: Australia's new national continuing professional development program for midwives

  • Julia Monaghan

      Affiliations

    • National CPD Project, Australian College of Midwives, GPO Box 666, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
    • ,
  • Allison Shorten

      Affiliations

    • National CPD Project, Australian College of Midwives, GPO Box 666, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
    • School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 42 213 964; fax: +61 2 42 213 137.

Received 15 February 2007 ,Revised 13 February 2008 ,Accepted 11 March 2008.

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PII: S1871-5192(08)00023-1

doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2008.03.005

Women and Birth
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