What are the qualities needed to be a Midwife ? Which do you feel is most important?

Do you feel only those who are already mothers are better Midwives ?

What are the differences between a Community Midwife & a Midwife working in a hospital environment ?

What would you say care means and how does it differ for Nurses ?

What current issues are there concerning Midwifery practice ?

I was asked all these awful questions and god only knows how I managed to answer them ! So the best advice is to read read read and read ! Also I found it helpful gaining some work experience. I know this can be very hard to find but I got mine through the NHS website. Just type in work experience and it should bring up an application form.

Good Luck !

At my University interview (4 years ago!):

What skills / qualities are the most important when being a midwife?

Have you read or heard anything recently to do with midwifery (and they were after MIDIRS / journals / RCM website etc etc)

If you could not do an essay what would you do? (use that chance to talk about your support network and time management skills etc and that you have spoken to midwives / students and know how hard the course is!)

What skills can you bring to midwifery?

When interviewing prospective students last year for UNI:

Why midwifery and not nursing?

followed by: can you elaborate on that? or as said above, but midwives do sometimes care for women with heart problems / diabetes / hypertension

What do you understand about midwifery and women's health issues?

Have you read or seen anything recently to do with midwifery?

talk about the written piece that had been done prior to personal interview.

What support network / coping strategies do you think that you could utilise / or would need

and a friendly question about how they were finding their A levels / Access course / previous degree

lastly ask if they have any questions

On both occasions they / we were very friendly reassuring and made it claer that it was informal and to relax

Good luck to everyone applying this year, I remember that feeling VERY well!

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Jemima x

I got asked... How would your friends describe you?
This one got me.. I was tempted to answer ''I don't have any friends'' as a joke.. But wasn't brave enough! hehe

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Duel X
3rd year student midwife
SM.NET Stafford University Representative
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That would have been funny, dont think i would have dared say it either..

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Most of the above and What is health promotion?

Hi,
I had an interview today at UWE and got asked:

Why do you want to be a midwife?
What skills and qualities a midwife needs?
What are my skills and qualities?
What have I read midwifery related?
What values a midwife has?
What I would like to do after qualifying?
Do I see myself as a leader?
and a couple more!

hi everyone i have an interview at plymouth on monday morning and iam not sure what to expect from the 20 min free writting exercise the topic is non midwifery!!! can anyone help i dont have a clue what i will be writting about! if anyone who has has interviews could let me know what thier 20 min writting exercise was about i wud be very grateful

thanks ems xx

well my guess would be something like: write about an experince where you worked as a team to deliver care something like that!! only a guess tho. good luck!!!

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xxx Katie xxxx

Birmingham City Student Midwife 2008

Thank u xxx