FRENCH STUDENT looking for placement/internship in LONDON!

Hello everybody!

I am actually studying to become a midwife in the midwife school of Clermont-Ferrand, France.
This is my fourth out of five years of studying, and it’s in this context that I’m looking for an internship in a birth center in London for next year.

I have the chance to be able to choose whatever ground I want for this internship, that’s the reason why I would really like to come to a birth center. Indeed, that kind of place doesn’t exist in France and I’d truly enjoy to discover United Kingdom’s practice in that matter
More precisely, I’d be glad to know more about special practices as birthing pools, upright and all-fours position…
Another motivation for me is to improve my english and to learn english medical vocabulary as well.

Can someone help me to contact a birth center?
Do you think it is possible for me to have an internship in London?
Do you have internship in birth centers?
I have no answer for email I have sent, I despair...

:help:

Hello and welcome to the forum

I have no answers for you i'm afraid but hopefully someone who knows about the units in london.

Good luck with the last year and a half of your course!

xx

Hello Hebamme2012

Thank you to answer
Can you explain me how are organized placements in UK?
I don't understand the arrangement of midwife studies ...

Marylise

Please! Nobody can help??

Sorry lovely, I didn't see the reply.

In the UK the universities decided who goes where. For example my university has 8 placement hospitals so the uni select a few students for each and that is where we go.

Then in our 3rd year ( we do a 3 year full time degree) you may do an elective if you have got all the deliveries you need to qualify. During this elective You can either go abroad or go to another hospital in the uk, which is particularly helpful if you don't intend to work where you trained.

I think you will need to contact the unit's direct. I would google maternity care in london and see which units you can find... all i know of is :- Guys & St Thomas

Then look on their websites for the practice development team contact details or the like and then e-mail/ call them asking for an elective placement.

Hope that helps a bit, but as I said, I haven't really looked into Elective stuff as i decided against doing one myself. xx

Does it need to be in London? It is quite expensive to live there and I imagine that perhaps there might be more chance if you can look elsewhere as well. I'm afraid I can't give you any more useful advice as I'm not even a student myself yet but if you can widen your search a little there are some great units all over the country.

So, you think London isnt the best choise for a placement?
In reality, id like to discover birth center so, im a bit lost, i dont know who contact, and where...

Is there no lecturers at your university with links to the UK? You have to be CRB checked etc to work here, so not sure how it would all work?