Empowering women as midwives in their competence as mothers

Bianca Nastl
Bianca Nastl

After her A-levels, Julia decided to do a voluntary year of social work with the Red Cross.

In the course of this, she completed her training as a paramedic. She has remained associated with the Oberpullendorf service ever since. "My voluntary social year was definitely one of the reasons I decided to pursue a career in the healthcare sector. But alongside my interests in health and working with people, feminist issues are also very close to my heart. As a midwife, I want to empower women in their competence as mothers and encourage them to have a self-determined birth," says Julia Hoffmann about her leap into the Bachelor's degree course in Midwifery at the Burgenland University of Applied Sciences, which started its first year in autumn. As she is also interested in the way midwives work in other countries and enjoys travelling, the first-year student would also like to complete an internship abroad as part of her training.

The joy of babies alone is definitely not a reason to study midwifery. Rather, an interest in medicine and the physiology of women should be at the forefront, so that mother and child can be seen as a unit.

Julia Hoffmann, Bachelor of Midwifery student

Staying the course pays off

It is not only at the Burgenland University of Applied Sciences that the Bachelor's degree programme in Midwifery is very popular. Julia Hoffmann is all the happier about her place on the programme. After several attempts to apply, she recently received three acceptances from different universities. "Due to the much smaller group composition, I chose the FH Burgenland. My colleagues come from all over Austria, one even from Germany. After the first few weeks, I already feel very much at home in my studies and realise in the lectures that midwifery is the right profession for me. My appeal to future applicants is therefore: keep at it despite the difficult admissions process and don't lose your courage."


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