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50 midwifery graduates celebrate their bachelor's degree at Fulda University – for the first time, students from the Marburg satellite campus are also there.
Fulda – According to Fulda University, it is a special moment for health care in the Fulda region: 50 graduates have successfully completed their bachelor's degree in midwifery – including, for the first time, students from the Marburg satellite campus. That be a novelty in the history of the coursesays Fulda University.
“This is more than an academic milestone – it is a clear signal that the academic training of midwives in the region is continuing to gain breadth and importance,” emphasized the course directors Ina Weisbecker and Prof. Johanna Neumeyer.
50 midwives successfully complete their bachelor's degree
The Marburg satellite campus expands the training landscape of the Fulda University of Applied Sciences and creates regional access to a course of study that is urgently needed – because The shortage of midwives is noticeable nationwide. With their graduation, 50 well-trained specialists are now leaving the university.
Prof. Clara Eidt, professor of midwifery at Fulda University, emphasized at the graduation ceremony: “As graduates, you now have in-depth specialist knowledge, can act as a midwife and justify your decisions – always with an eye on the women and families who are the focus of your work.” Course director Weisbecker also addressed the graduates with similar words at the ceremony.
According to its own statement, the Fulda University is one of the pioneers of academic midwifery training in Germany. It has been offering the midwifery course as a model course since 2012 – long before academic training became mandatory with the Midwifery Reform Act in 2020. The model experiment became the new standard.
Network of 16 clinics supports midwifery training in Fulda
“In close coordination with the Hessian state government, Fulda University has consistently expanded its leading role in midwifery training following the change in the law and established a second study location in Marburg,” explained university president Prof. Dr. Karim Khakzar. This also strengthens the strategic partnership between Fulda University and from the University of Marburg, which has been training medical students in Fulda together with the Fulda Municipal Hospital for several years.
The study is made possible by a broad network of cooperation clinics. A total of 16 hospitals from across the region are partners in the study program. The students completed their practical training components in these clinics. Without this commitment from the partner houses, academic midwifery training in this area would be unthinkable.
