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Why did former British colonies often use postgraduate midwifery education?

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Midwives assisting a birth while astrologers consult sky charts; woodcut relief print from Jakob Rueff's De conceptu et generatione hominis (1554; The Expert Midwife). — midwifery Midwives assisting a birth while astrologers consult sky charts; woodcut relief print from Jakob Rueff's *De conceptu et generatione hominis* (1554; *The Expert Midwife*).

Former British colonies often adopted postgraduate midwifery education because professional standards and regulations in colonial settings were designed to reflect the practices and models of the colonizing country.1

As Britain established a specific model of midwifery that integrated with its healthcare system, many of its former colonies in Africa and the Caribbean implemented this same British-style postgraduate approach to training and licensure. This practice ensured that the professionalization of midwifery in these regions remained consistent with the standards set by the United Kingdom.1