Midwives on the move: Comparing the requirements for practice and integration contexts for internationally educated midwives in Canada with the U.S., U.K. and Australia

Midwives have long been internationally mobile, but there has been relatively little attention paid to the requirements that internationally educated midwives (IEMs) must meet to practice and become integrated into the health-care systems of their destination country. This paper examines from a comparative perspective the policy context and integration procedures that IEMs must follow in order to practice in Canada and how this compares with …