Florida Administrative Code
64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
64B24 - Council of Licensed Midwifery
Chapter 64B24-4 - TRAINING PROGRAMS
Section 64B24-4.007 - Clinical Training

(1) Clinical learning experiences shall be planned and assigned to be sequential to, or simultaneous with classroom instruction.

(2) Clinical learning experiences shall include a variety of clinical settings and facilities within the State of Florida such as homes, birth centers, clinics, offices and hospitals.

(3) Clinical experiences shall be conducted under the direct supervision of a preceptor. No preceptor shall be assigned more than two students during any clinical experience.

(4) It shall be the responsibility of the program to obtain and maintain current contractual agreements with each facility utilized for clinical training to insure provision of the appropriate clinical experience necessary to fulfill the requirements of this chapter.

(5) The student midwife shall undertake the care of 50 women in each of the antepartal, intrapartal and postpartal periods, but the same women need not be seen through all 3 periods. The intrapartum period includes labor, birth, and the immediate postpartum. No more than five percent (5%) of the required intrapartal managements shall include transfers in active labor.

(6) The student midwife shall undertake the neonatal examination of 50 newborns.

(7) The student midwife shall observe an additional 25 women in the intrapartal period.

(8) Each student midwife shall have a designated program faculty member available for periodic consultation during preceptorship.

(9) The student shall perform 5 vaginal sutures.