目的:分析国外近10年助产教育领域的研究现状，探讨研究热点与发展趋势，为今后我国助产教育研究方向的选择提供参考。方法:检索Web of Science数据库中收录的2010年至2019年的助产教育相关文献，运用Citespace5.5软件对其进行可视化分析。结果:共纳入1002篇相关文献，发文量呈逐年上升的趋势；进行助产教育研究的作者共有218位，已经形成了明显的核心团队；发文量最多的国家为澳大利亚；主要研究机构为大学，各机构之间交流合作密切；《Midwifery》是载文量最多的杂志；代表研究前沿的关键词为“Midwifery”“Education”“Care”等。结论:国外助产教育的研究相对比较成熟，研究范围广且相关性强，但我国与该领域的领先国家仍有较大差距。“,”Objective:To analyze the research status of midwifery education in recent ten years in foreign countries, discuss the research hotspot and development trends, and to provide reference for the choice of research direction of midwifery education in China.Methods:The literature related to midwifery education collected in the web of science database from 2010 to 2019 was searched and visualized by citespace5.5 software.Results:A total of 1002 related articles were included, and the number of articles published showed a trend of increasing year by year. There are 218 authors in midwifery education research, which has formed an obvious core team. The country with the most posts is Australia. The main research institutions are universities with close exchanges and cooperation among them. Midwifery is the most prolific magazine; Key words representing the research frontier are “Midwifery”, “Education” and “Care”.Conclusions:The research on foreign midwifery education is relatively mature, with a wide range of research and strong correlation, but there is still a big gap between China and the leading courtries in this filed.