The Department of Midwifery at the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences (HWG LU) has had expert and knowledgeable support since March 2022: Michaela Michel-Schuldt, Ph.D., Master of Science Midwifery and Midwife, has been appointed to the professorship of Midwifery in the Department of Social and Health Services. Previously, Michaela Michel-Schuldt was assigned to fill the corresponding professorship. "With Michaela Michel-Schuldt, we have been able to gain a colleague with great international expertise as well as a lot of practical experience for the university. She will further advance our still young discipline," says a delighted Prof. Nina Knape, Ph.D., head of the program.
Prof. Michaela Michel-Schuldt, Ph.D., born in 1977, initially studied ethnology, philosophy and education before successfully completing her training as a midwife at the School of Midwifery at Justus Liebig University in Giessen in 2003. Michel-Schuldt then worked as a midwife at the Heilig-Geist-Hospital in Bingen and as an international midwife for Malteser International. There, she was in charge of the maternal and child health component in two refugee camps in Thailand, managed the maternal and reproductive health program component in the border region with Bangladesh in Myanmar, and provided emergency relief after a cyclone in southwestern Myanmar. This was followed by a Bachelor's degree in Midwifery at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, and a European Master of Science degree at Hannover Medical School (2012). After research stays in South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia and a teaching position at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Mainz, Germany, Michel-Schuldt worked at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) from 2012 to 2016, including as a consultant for midwifery education in Bangladesh, as a Technical Officer Midwifery in the Technical Devision in Geneva, Switzerland, or as a consultant for the Cambodian Midwives Association in the country office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. After further teaching and consulting activities, including for UNICEF, WHO, and the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Michaela Michel-Schuldt then obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from the University of Technology, Australia, and the University of Dundee, Scotland in 2021 with a thesis on "Midwifery-led care in low- and middle-income countries." She has been teaching and conducting research in midwifery science at the University of Applied Sciences in Ludwigshafen, Germany, since September 2021.
Professor Michaela Michel-Schuldt's main focus is on the dual bachelor's program in midwifery science, but she is also involved in the master's program in innovative care practice in nursing and midwifery. Her teaching and research focus is on care research and professionalization of midwifery. In addition, she continues to be involved in research and development projects at the international level, particularly related to health service delivery, reproductive care, maternal and newborn care, health professional development, and midwifery education.
About the dual bachelor's degree program in midwifery:
The dual bachelor' s degree program in midwifery is a primary qualifying program and is designed for all prospective students who wish to enter the profession of midwifery. Prerequisite is a university entrance qualification (Abitur, Fachhochschulreife or a previous education recognized as equivalent) or a successfully completed vocational training in health care and nursing. The theoretical study phases take place at the university and are supplemented by practical learning units in modern equipped skills and simulation rooms. The practical study phases take place in alternation with the theoretical study phases at the clinical and non-clinical cooperation partners: These include practical assignments in the delivery room, the outpatient clinic for pregnant women, the postpartum ward and the pediatric clinic, as well as out-of-hospital assignments with freelance midwives, in birth centers or midwifery practices. Students receive remuneration throughout their studies.
The seven-semester course of study will replace training at midwifery schools in the future as a result of the 2019 amendment to the Midwifery Act in the course of the academization of the health professions: These may start for the last time in 2022 with a midwifery training course. From 2023, midwifery as a profession can only be learned at colleges and universities. The midwifery science program concludes with the academic degree of Bachelor of Science and a state license to practicemidwifery.
Applications for the 2022/2023 winter semester will be accepted beginning May 1, 2022. The next online information session for prospective students will be held April 13 from 4 to 6 p.m.
More information about the study program at:
www.hwg-lu.de/studium/bachelor/hebammenwissenschaft-dual
Subject contact:
Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences
Department of Social and Health Services
Prof. Michaela Michel Schuldt, Ph.D.
Chair of Midwifery
Tel. 0621/5203-547
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