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The Lived-experience of Internationally-trained Midwives working as Registered Midwives in Ontario

This study presents an account of the lived-experience of internationally-trained midwives who have immigrated to Canada, attended a bridging program to reaccredit as a midwife, and currently meet the requirements for registration with the College of Midwives of Ontario. Ten internationally-trained midwives were interviewed about their experience of this transition in their life. The interviews were then subjected to a qualitative analysis based on the principles of grounded theory. The findings outline the experience of immigration and reaccreditation focusing on the barriers and challenges faced by these female immigrants. The impact on the individual’s sense of identity was explored. Coping strategies used by the participants were investigated.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/18124
Date14 December 2009
CreatorsVandersloot, Arlene
ContributorsChen, Charles
Source SetsUniversity of Toronto
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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