@article{oai:jrccn.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000048,
 author = {神谷, 桂 and 谷津, 裕子 and 鈴木, 美恵子},
 issue = {24},
 journal = {日本赤十字看護大学紀要, Bulletin of the Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {application/pdf, In recent years, the healthcare situation for pregnant women and children has grown dire, with a shortage of obstetricians and fewer medical institutions handling childbirth. New ways are sought to share and coordinate various tasks as well as role functions and scope of responsibility for the obstetricians and midwives required for safe and comfortable pregnancy/childbirth. The training of midwives supporting obstetrical healthcare is also facing a major transformation; at present, diverse training institutions handle midwifery education, including vocational colleges, junior colleges, universities courses, and graduate school programs. In these changing times, in March 2008 the Japanese Red Cross Junior College of Nursing (midwifery program) drew the final curtain on 50 years of midwifery education. This paper aims to explain the significant philosophies and methods of this Junior College of Nursing, in order to underline points worth passing on for future midwifery education.
The Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing midwifery program, as well as its predecessor the Musashino Red Cross Hospital Obstetric School, over 50 years of midwifery education consistently emphasized practical clinical learning and prioritized study through actual practice. Through encounters with pregnant mothers, infants, and clinical mentors, practical clinical learning offers maximum opportunity to acquire the knowledge, techniques, and attitudes essential for midwives. However, in recent years, as the locus of midwifery education has shifted from vocational colleges or junior college to universities or graduate schools, while midwifery has gained recognition as a specialized practice, the theoretical knowledge required of midwives has increased. Fewer class hours are spent on practical learning, and with the shortage of medical institutions offering practical learning (due to fewer overall births, increased high-risk births, fewer facilities handling childbirth, etc.), it has become difficult to find both time and location to ensure practical learning in midwifery education.
Looking back on the shifts in midwifery education at the College, we now recognize the importance of practical learning in midwifery education. The author believes that promoting opportunities for direct contact with pregnant mothers and families, even over short periods, providing practical learning to respond to subject behavior, and furthering educational connections to help students learn from their limited experiences all represent issues for future consideration.},
 pages = {112--119},
 title = {日本赤十字武蔵野短期大学専攻科における助産師教育の変遷--日本の助産師教育の変遷をふまえて},
 year = {2010}
}