7. The relationship between academic integrity and professional practice.

Becoming a midwife is the 16th series of'Midwifery basics' targeted at practising midwives and midwifery students. The aim of these articles is to provide information to raise awareness of the impact of professionalism on women's experience, consider the implications for midwives' practice and encourage midwives to seek further information through a series of activities relating to the topic. In the seventh article of the series, Jancis Shepherd explores issues relating to academic integrity, the original presentation of work by students and the relationship with professional practice.