Universities have joined forces to develop streamlined clinical training.

The University of Queensland and Monash University schools of nursing and midwifery have joined forces to help the government reform the education and training of midwives. The consortium was awarded the phase two research component of government agency Health Workforce Australia's (HWA) Simulated Learning Environments (SLE) National Project for midwifery. According to lead researcher and UQ School of Nursing and Midwifery director of research Associate Professor Fiona Bogossian, this research is part of HWA's strategy to produce more effective, streamlined and integrated clinical training...