"It'd be nice if our training encompassed a little time in a maternity unit, rather than sitting in a classroom for a morning".... I wish you had that too...I wish everyone in Healthcare did. As part of my training way back in the 80s, as one of the Professions Supplementary to Medicine, we had to spend 7 days of each of 4 clinical placements with as many different people as we could arrange...from Ambulance Crew via the Laundry to Speech Therapist etc. Those 28+ days taught me more than anything and it *really* gave us an insight into the pressures and priorities of others in the bigger 'team'. Nowadays I feel surprised if more recently trained colleagues have the first clue about what I do..and it un-nerves them when I know a lot about their niche. Communication eh? Thing of the past?