Designed specifically for student midwives, my A5 Student Midwife Abbreviation Logbook is your compact placement companion. Slim enough to tuck into your folder or bag, it gives you a quick, organised space to log clinical shorthand, acronyms, and terminology the moment you hear them on shift.
Instead of relying on a pre-made guide that might not match your hospital's specific protocols, this log book lets you build your own custom, trust-specific reference tool as you go.
What's inside
- Alphabetical Layout: Quickly flick to the right letter to jot down new abbreviations during or after shift.
- Streamlined Boxes: Simple, clean layout with space for the abbreviation, full meaning, and your own practical clinical notes or local guidelines.
- Hand-Illustrated Details: Warm, friendly borders created to bring a bit of colour to your placement prep and study routine.
- Pocket-Friendly A5 Size: Lightweight and practical for busy hospital and community placements.
How much space is inside?
I wanted this to be concise so it was portable and slim - not a dictionary of every midwifery term you might come across. And my thinking was that you do not need the same amount of space for X as you do for P... so I have tried to work out the room you might need for common NHS abbreviations so you don't have more space than you are likely to need. I hope this works out ok - I tried to get feedback on it before going ahead but didn't manage to get any responses, so I thought I'd have to hope for the best!
With 52 pages that lie flat and 276 entry spaces, here is how the alphabet is split up:
- The Heavy Hitters (18 spaces each): Letters A, C, P and S get three full pages each.
- The Daily Essentials (12 spaces each): Letters B, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, R, T, U and V get two pages each.
- The Rare Letters (6 spaces each): J, K, Q, W, plus a shared page for X, Y and Z.
Product Specifications
- Size: Compact A5 size (fits neatly inside tunic pockets and clinical bags)
- Pages: 56 pages on high-quality 90gsm inner paper (smooth for handwriting with biro/gel pen)
- Cover: Durable 300gsm card cover featuring my vibrant original watercolour artwork
- Binding: Saddle-stitched binding for easy lay-flat writing on placement
- Origin: Designed, illustrated, and dispatched by me in Oxfordshire - printed in the UK
🎨 Designed by Hannah Thomas, a home-educating artist and birth nerd, to help student midwives, midwives and birth workers to honour their journey supporting mothers and babies.
COPYRIGHT
This design is copyright Hannah Thomas of Womb to World Art and may not be reproduced.
*DELIVERY INFORMATION*
Within UK
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- Standard delivery aim is 3 working days, but sometimes Royal Mail can take slightly longer and please bear this in mind when ordering.
- If you are in a rush there is the option to upgrade to a faster post in the checkout, and if you'd like to upgrade further to Special Delivery to guarantee delivery please send me a message before ordering.
- I will ask for your understanding in waiting until a parcel is 10 working days late before replacing, as this is when Royal Mail will consider the item lost and allow me to put in a claim.
*ABOUT WOMB TO WORLD ART*
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I am Hannah: a trauma-healing, spiritual home educating mother of two little ones in Oxfordshire UK, and in my 'spare' (haha) time I like to paint motherhood art and make birthy things for birthy people!
