A long and lovely career in midwifery requires strategic effort, the midwifery workforce is in a crisis of unsustainability so how can you be one of the midwives that makes it to a long and lovely career? In today's episode Mel gives direct and clear steps and strategy to creating a career that you love. She also reflects on the convergence of rebellious midwives and invites participation is a new project through ‘bite club’
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If you liked this episode you might also be interested in:
- Ep 137. Reclaiming Midwifery a modern day battlecry
- Ep 132. Who is Mel and what is she doing?
- Ep 117. How to change the system
- Ep 107. What are we rebelling against anyway?
- Ep. 92. Midwifery changes in Australia
- Ep 77. The Place of policy
- Ep 57 Getting reported to AHPRA
- Ep 49 Ethics and informed consent
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