‘Leading and inspiring excellence in maternity care’ was the First conference led by consultant midwives held at the Royal Society of Medicine.
Thank you to our hosts… @lessen_logan & @khazaezadeh
“‘Once a consultant midwife always a consultant midwife…’ –
@MaryRossDavie“
Evidence, research and leadership remained strong themes throughout the day…
The key attributes of the #futuremidwife were also presented to us by the fabulous professor @maryrenfrew as we all reflected on how we could drive the profession forward…
Professor @SandallJane also encouraged midwives to apply for funded PhD opportunities- for more information on this, explore @NIHRAcademy
Then, @MaryRossDavie presented the @MidwivesRCM strategy and goals for the next 5 years…. this year is the year of the leader!
…and of course…continuity of carer entered the conversation too..
However, the three most exciting parts of the day were as follows:
Sharing our research with an audience of really awesome midwives…..
Sharing the panel with some really awesome midwives….
But most of all… meeting the legendary @wdsavage , receiving first prize and winning the Wendy Savage Award…Thank you! This #RSMPrize award will enable us to share our work even further as I head to the MAMA Conference in May.
For me, reflections of the day included how I might lead change for childbearing women with hypermobile #EhlersDanlosSyndrome and support the midwifery profession to thrive in their wellbeing. To that end, I have begun working on the generation of new evidence to support midwives in work-related psychological distress and evidence to support new understandings in relation to how we care for people having babies more effectively.
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If you would like to follow the progress of work going forward..
Follow me via @SallyPezaro; The Academic Midwife; This blog
Until next time…Look after yourselves and each other 💚💙💜❤
Dr Sally Pezaro 