on demand webinars
Midwives: Critical in every crisis
Midwives play an essential role in supporting women every day. In this webinar, we explore the experiences of two midwives as they share their insights from working in Sudan and a war-torn region of Ukraine. Shirley Stronge will present on Essential Life Saving Skills for Africa, (ELSSA): Teaching out of your comfort zone. Wendy Warrington will talk about her experiences in the Ukraine.
Resources
MIDIRS search pack: MS48 Refugees, asylum seekers and displaced people, P180 Effect of natural disasters on maternal and infant health
Neurodivergence acceptance: improving your working life
Building on the success of the neurodivergence acceptance toolkit, this webinar focussed on the experience of neurodivergent early career midwives in their transition into the workplace. We will hear lived experience of challenges faced and support received from our speakers, as well as explore employer responsibility and how the RCM can support you in improving the working lives of neurodiverse colleagues.
Resources
i-learn module: Neurodiversity in the workplace
MIDIRS search pack: M101 Neurodiversity in midwifery
Beyond barriers: disability inclusive maternity care
Designed to explore the critical importance of ensuring equitable, accessible and supportive maternity care for individuals with disabilities. This session will delves into the unique challenges faced by disabled individuals, with a focus on fostering confidence among people in discussing and effectively managing disabilities within their workplace or career environments. Cath Riley is the founder of ‘Make Disability Inclusive‘ which aims to provide first-hand perspectives of how a hidden disability can manifest and impact daily life. Through this initiative, she hopes to promote empathy, inclusivity and practical solutions for accommodating diverse needs in professional settings.
Resources
MIDIRS search pack: MS38 Women with learning disabilities, P5 Women with a physical disability
Fundamentals of working with fundamentally impaired mums for maternity staff
Pregnant in exile: asylum seeking women’s experiences of maternity care
This webinar is to discuss and showcase the issues women in the asylum system face during their pregnancy, birth and postnatal period. Developed as part of the Best for Baby Too improvement collaborative in Liverpool aimed at addressing heath inequalities for pregnant asylum seekers and their babies, this film centres the voices of women with lived experience in order to better understand the hidden challenges they face.
Delivering a gold standard of bereavement care
This recording discussed how to deliver ‘gold standard care’ to the whole family. It addresses the need for a thorough debriefing for all the maternity team following a bereavement and how to support student midwives with their training and reflections
Internationally recruited midwives; what the RCM can do for you
Internationally recruited midwives are vital to the running of NHS maternity services. However, the international recruitment of midwives has not come without problems of how these midwives are treated in the workplace. This webinar explores how the RCM can support our internationally recruited midwives.
Neurodivergence and birth
This webinar explores the important topic of Neurodiversity from a range of perspectives in maternity care. What is like to be a student with neurodiversity and discusses how services can be improved to meet the needs of women and birthing people.
Raising awareness of Hyperinsulinism and Glucokinase Hyperglycaemia
Find out more about Hyperinsulinism and Glucokinase hyperglycaemia to improve your knowledge and skills.
Hyperinsulinism (HI) is the most common cause of persistent hypoglycemia in infants and children. It is caused by excessive insulin secretion from the pancreas, resulting in Hypoglycaemia and suppression of alternative fuels for the brain to use (fatty acids and ketone bodies).
Glucokinase hyperglycaemia is a form of monogenic diabetes (mono= one, genic= gene) that is commonly misdiagnosed as gestational diabetes or established diabetes. Ensuring correct diagnosis is vital to ensure pregnant women/people are offered the correct care during pregnancy and beyond.
Sustainablity in matenity
This on demand webinar discusses how small scale contributions to the sustainability agenda can improve staff well-being and have a positive impact on reducing carbon foot print of teams.
Sustainability, climate change and midwifery
The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) recognises that midwives are key to adapting health systems to climate change, and lowering carbon emissions overall. They are often the first responders when natural disasters hit and have first hand knowledge about how they significantly impact the health of women and babies. This looks at the impact of midwifery on climate change and hear from experts in embracing sustainability
What all midwives need to know about signs and symptoms of peripartum cardiac disease
The UK Maternal Cardiology presents a symposium aimed specifically at midwives. If you want to enhance your knowledge of cardiovascular disease and the physiological changes to the cardiovascular system during pregnancy, birth and postpartum, then this is for you.
