bellywoman

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1. Researching Culture Aspects of OB

   bellywoman replied to tlcherrix's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I don't know that she studies India (her focus is Mexico and cross-cultural comp), but Robbie Davis Floyd is a great anthropologist who studies birth. She's also very good about responding to emails. If you ask her she would probably know where you...

2. Experience needed for graduate entry programs?

   bellywoman replied to bellywoman's topic in Ob/Gyn

   CEG, what program are you in? How are you liking it?

3. Question on Background for Admissions to Ivies

   bellywoman replied to rigbyk's topic in Post Graduate

   Casa is Casa de Nacimeinto. It's a birth center in El Paso, TX that provides student midwives with a place to do their clinical work. Their website is http://www.casamidwifery.com I'm excited to see that the Farm workshops are back up. They are ac...

4. Question on Background for Admissions to Ivies

   bellywoman replied to rigbyk's topic in Post Graduate

   One of my doula births I found through Craig's List (I posted an ad and she responded). The other was a teen mama who I was working with in my senior thesis project (on community resources for teen mothers). If you are willing to work for free you ...

5. Question on Background for Admissions to Ivies

   bellywoman replied to rigbyk's topic in Post Graduate

   I'm applying to UCSF, Yale, & Columbia next year in the DE programs. You hear how competitive the programs are, but someone has to be getting in and very few of the schools have statistics available regarding who those people are. I'm not in a...

6. Experience needed for graduate entry programs?

   bellywoman posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm applying to graduate entry programs in midwifery this fall and I'm wondering what sort of birth/women's health experience those of you who have gotten into those programs had when applying. Were you a doula? Did you work in clinics? Etc, etc.