On 6/11/02 5:37 AM, "Rachel Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Jan and Midwife Staff, > > I am Australian although I am currently working in the United States. Our > organisation works with high school and university students placing them > into internship abroad poisitions in order for them to gain valuable > vocational awareness. > > I am currently writing to you as I have a lovely 18 year old girl who is > interested in learning all about becoming a midwife. Lily Harris, 18, would > like to travel to Australia and participate in a midwifery internhsip > starting in January, 2003. This would essentially involve Lily simply > shadowing a midwife/s for around 8 weeks and learning as much as she could > throughout this experience. > > Lily has plans to formally study midwifery upon her return to the States and > believes that this would be a wonderful opportunity for her to see the field > of midwifery first hand, whilst having an experience abroad at the same > time. > > I have placed one student with a midwife at a hospital in Mackay, however, I > would really love to explore any options or suggestions you may have for a > possible placement with any midwives you know who would be interested in > sharing their knowledge with Lily. > > Lily will provide her own accommodation and meals and will be fairly self > sufficient whilst in Australia. She is simply looking for an opportunity to > get a head start to her studies by doing an internship. > > I really hope you are able to provide some information on where I might > begin this search, alternatively, you may know of someone who would like to > have Lily. She is interested in either private or public practice, home > birthing as well as hospital births. She is not limiting her choices by > being too specific. > > I thank you in advance and hope to hear from you at your earliest > convenience. > > Kind regards, > > Rachel Young, Director of Operations > LEAPNow: Lifelong Education Alternatives & Programs > P.O. Box 1817, Sebastopol, CA 95473 USA > Phone: 707-829-1142 Fax: 829-1142 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > LEAPNow website: www.leapnow.org > Dear Rachel I can contact independently practising midwives (IPMs) across Australia but would need to know which city or town Lily is interested in visiting. You need to know that currently there is no professional indemnity available to IPMs and those remaining in practice, I believe there are only 40 or so across the country supporting homebirthing women, are uninsured. Alternatively I could forward this letter to the editor of the Australian College of Midwives Journal so that she could place it in the national magazine and perhaps attract the attention of an administrator of a maternity hospital unit that would like to have Lily as their guest. Let me know which avenue you would have me try. In the meantime I will forward this to the ozmidwifery chatline and see if any midwife there responds to your request. Regards Jan __________________________________________________________________________ Jan Robinson Phone/fax: 011+ 61+ 2+ 9546 4350 Independent Midwife Practitioner e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8 Robin Crescent www: midwiferyeducation.com.au South Hurstville NSW 2221 National Coordinator, ASIM __________________________________________________________________________ -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
