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In-service education
A short course on " Teaching Mothercraft and Relaxation to
Expectant Mothers " was again organised by the Centre Superintendent
at Putney Child Health Centre. In addition, two midwives
and one health visitor attended a course on " Relaxation "
at the Weir Maternity Hospital.
Two midwives and four health visitors attended a day conference
on the " West Indian Background
Health education films have been shown on a number of occasions.
Some of the films were of special interest to staff and some
were viewed mainly to assess their value for their use in health
education sessions in schools and child health centres.
Health visitor students
Arrangements were made for eight health visitor students from
the University of Surrey to undertake the three periods of practical
worked required during their training. They were supervised by
four of our health visitors who are qualified Field Work Instructors.
Student nurses from local hospitals
During the year, a total of 447 student nurses spent one day with
either the health visitors or home nurses.
Obstetric nurse students
These hospital students are required to spend one day with a
domiciliary midwife. We provided these facilities for : —
one student every week from St. George's Hospital, Hyde Park
Corner;
one student every week from St. George's Hospital, Tooting
Grove;
two students every week from Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton
; and
28 students during the year from the Weir Maternity Hospital.
In addition, arrangements were made for a number of social
work students to see something of the work of the health visitors
Several parties of schoolchildren visited day nurseries in the
Borough. Talks were also given in two schools on nursery nursing
and the Principal Nursing Officer met a group of Careers
Mistresses and Youth Employment Officers. As a result, we have
a much better standard of applicants for nursery nurse training.