Decolonising a midwifery curriculum

  • Goh, Kristina
  • Ornato, Lola
  • Duncan, Niki
  • Mohsin, Intisaar

  • Author

    Kristina Goh, Midwifery Lecturer, Middlesex University, London, UK. Email:[email protected], Instagram: @mdxmidwifery

    Co-authors

    Lola Ornato, Midwifery Lecturer, Middlesex University, London, UK.

    Niki Duncan, Midwifery Lecturer, Middlesex University, London, UK.

    Intisaar Mohsin, Midwifery Lecturer, Middlesex University, London, UK.

For more information on this topic see MIC database Search Packs: M96 Institutional racism; M26 Student midwives.

MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 35(2):p 125-126, June 2025.

Summary

The implementation of the Royal College of Midwives’ (RCM)Decolonising midwifery toolkit(2023) in a higher education setting has uncovered the importance of investigating and identifying gaps in learning and teaching. Creating a working group within the department has highlighted the need to acknowledge the inherent biases within a Eurocentric midwifery curriculum and investigate persistent attainment gaps and attrition rates by ethnicity.

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