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Student Life
In addition to collaborating in the classroom, students develop many long-lasting friendships and even business partnerships. The intensity of the group learning experience at SMS encourages the development of skills in group dynamics and group process.
SMS is fortunate to have a rich mix of students with different backgrounds and goals for midwifery practice. Students range from 21 to 65 years of age, although most are between 25 and 45. Approximately half are parents, many of young children. Some have extensive previous midwifery or health care experience and others have little. Some students have limited exposure to college-level academic work and others have earned graduate degrees.
SMS offers an adult learning environment with diverse instruction methods. This diversity, coupled with a dynamic student population, affords the SMS student a wealth of opportunities designed to maximize learning potential. Working in collaboration with students, SMS faculty strive to create a positive learning environment emphasizing mutual respect, working in partnership, and supporting the personal and professional growth of all in the classroom. SMS is structured so students must be individually motivated and self-directed. By fostering life-long skills in critical thinking, literature research, oral presentation, and self-motivated study, we prepare students for the challenge of becoming professional midwives in an ever-changing and demanding health care arena.
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