Thinking of subscribing to a Journal? Essential textbooks?
Hi all. I thought this thread would be useful. Do you have strong feelings about particular journals? Which ones have you found to be most useful? And which books are essential to have on your bookshelf at home?
I personally get the RCM's Midwives, MIDDIRS and The Practising Midwife. I think that the most useful one has been Midwives, if I think back to how much I have used it as an essay resource. Especially the quarterly section that comes with it 'Evidence Based Practice'. The Practising Midwife was great in my first year, as it's quite easy reading and gives little snippets of articles. The research unwrapped articles in it are great as an easy way of keeping up to date with research. MIDDIRS is good because it is really easy to locate useful articles, as this quarterly journal is separated into antenatal, postnatal, intrapartum, and other sections. It also highlights articles that are good reads and useful to have in a portfolio, if you are so inclined. I keep meaning to cancel The Practising Midwife subscription and sign up to the British Journal of Midwifery, because I find the quality of articles in it top notch and use them often in my assignments.
As far as books go, there are too many to chose from! And I just love buying them (it's where most of my student bursary goes). Of course a Mayes/Myles is useful, but I actually don't tend to use them in my assignments, because they can be quite outdated. One book that is invaluable is the RCM's Oxford Handbook of Midwifery. It's fab, it's really concise and is evidence-based, and tells you everything you need to know about pretty much everything. A really inspiring read is Denis Walsh's Evidence-based Care for Normal Labour and Birth, which is one of the few texts which I read front to back and really enjoyed it. Thinking back to my Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology module, Sylvia Veralls Anatomy and Physiology Applied to Obstetrics was invaluable.
And of course, the NMC's Code of Professional Conduct and Rules and Standards, and all the relevant NICE guidelines, are must haves and make an appearance in every assignment I've ever done (but I'm sure we all have those anyway, so sorry for teaching you how to suck eggs!)
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 3rd year Student Midwife
Last edited by Rob; 26-Oct-2008 at 20:29.
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