Determining the Professional Belongings of Midwifery Department Students and Their Opinions about the Present and Future of Midwifery Profession

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the professional belonging of midwifery department students and their thoughts about the present and future of the midwifery profession. Material and Method: The research is descriptive/cross-sectional and was conducted with 270 students studying in the midwifery department. Descriptive Information Form and Midwifery Affiliation Scale (MAS) was used to collect the data. Results: It was found that the total mean MAS score of the 2nd grade students of the midwifery department was 76.14 ± 13.33, 85.05 ± 18.16 for the 3rd grade students and 97.88 ± 21.68 for the 4th grade students; it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the classes in terms of total and sub-dimension mean scores of MAS (p