UTHSC starting advanced nursing midwife program
Tiffany Whitten gives Regional One midwife Meghan Medea the thumbs up after a Sept. 30, 2020 checkup. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center plans to add a program to train doctorate-level nurses in midwifery. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
The course to become a certified nurse-midwife is three years for full-time students; part-time students can finish in four years.
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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