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Women‐Centred but not Women‐Friendly: Understanding Student Attrition in the Ontario Midwifery Education Programme

Abstract

In analysing the reasons for high attrition among midwifery students enrolled in the O ntario M idwifery E ducation Programme, we examined how the challenges of maintaining work‐life balance among practising midwives impacts students' decisions to stay or withdraw from the programme. The content analysis of the written responses from a self‐administered online delivered survey revealed that many students drawn to the profession become …

Authors

Neiterman E; Lobb DK

Journal

Gender Work and Organization, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 244–259

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

5 2014

DOI

10.1111/gwao.12033

ISSN

0968-6673