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Student Midwives
15 Nov 2011
The RCM Student Midwives 21st Annual Conference and Exhibition. To be held at The Brighton Centre
The annual student midwives conference enables students to interact with each other and have the opportunity to meet leaders of the midwifery profession. This year's conference explored the changes in the profession and in the organisation of services. It reflected on the key developments that have put women at the centre of all care.
Programme
09:45
Chairs' Welcome
Andrea Lawrie, Charlotte Elliott and Maddie Saunders,
Student Midwives’ Working Group Members
Biography: Charlotte Elliott
Biography: Andrea Lawrie
Biography: Maddie Saunders
10:00
Louise Silverton, Deputy General Secretary,The Royal College of Midwives
Opening address
Biography: Louise Silverton
10:10
Dame Lorna Muirhead DBE, Lord Lieutenant for Merseyside; Former President of the RCM
Setting the context
Biography: Dame Lorna Muirhead DBE
10:20
Sally Russell, Co-founder, Netmums
Can midwives bring services to women?
Biography: Sally Russell
10:30
Questions and discussion: Session 1
10:45
Refreshments, exhibition and networking
11:15
Wendy Bascal, Sarah Humphrey and Maddie Saunders Student Midwives’ Working Group Members
Introduction to session
Biography: Wendy Bascal
Biography: Sarah Humphrey
Biography: Maddie Saunders
11:20
Mary Ross-Davie, PHD student, University of Stirling
Meeting the challenges of promoting normality
Biography: Mary Ross Davie
11:30
Elizabeth Duff, Senior Policy Advisor (Transition to Parenthood), National Childbirth Trust
Meeting education needs and expectations of women
Biography: Elizabeth Duff
11:40
Dr Niamh McCabe, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital, Belfast
Who makes the choice in childbirth?
Biography: Dr Niamh McCabe
11:50
Questions and discussion: Session 2
12:15
Lunch, exhibition and networking
13:30
Charlotte Elliott
Introduction to the Session 3
Biography: Charlotte Elliott
13:35
Charlotte Elliott
Past, present and future: journey of student midwives
Biography: Charlotte Elliott
13:45
Horizontal violence and emotional intelligence
Maddie Saunders and Emily Lacey
Biography: Emily Lacey
Biography: Maddie Saunders
13:55
Time to care?
Ramona Rudder
Biography: Amanda Anderson
Biography: Ramona Rodder
14:05
Wendy Bascal
Rebozo technique
Biography: Wendy Bascal
14:15
How can students learn midwifery in a medicalised culture?
Andrea Lawrie and Sarah Humphrey
Biography: Sarah Humphrey
Biography: Andrea Lawrie
14:25
Andrea Lawrie
Conclusion
14:30
Refreshments, exhibition and networking
15:00
Emily Lacey, Wendy Bascal and Sarah Humphrey, Student Midwives’ Working Group Members
Introduction to session 4
Biography: Wendy Bascal
Biography: Sarah Humphrey
Biography: Emily Lacey
15:05
Professor Jane Sandall, Professor of Social Science and Women’s Health, King's College London
Midwifery led care: evidence from The Cochrane Review
Biography: Dr Jane Sandall
15:15
Mandie Scammell, Midwifery Lecturer/Researcher, King’s College London
Vaginal breech births: shifting the ideology
Biography: Mandie Scammell
15:25
Helen Shallow, Consultant Midwife/Head of Midwifery, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Vaginal births after caesarean section: framework to promote normality
Biography: Helen Shallow
15:50
Sarah Humphrey, Charlotte Elliott, Ramona Rodder Student Midwives’ Working Group Members
Introduction to session 5
Biography: Charlotte Elliott
Biography: Sarah Humphrey
Biography: Ramona Rodder
15:55
Professor Cathy Warwick CBE, General Secretary and Chief Executive, The Royal College of Midwives
Keynote address
Biography: Cathy Warwick CBE
16:15
THE BIG DEBATE: After birth - what next?
Professor Debra Bick, Professor of Evidence Based Midwifery Practice, King’s College London
Anne Fox, Head of Corporate Communications, National Childbirth Trust
Debby Gould, Head of Midwifery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Biography: Professor Debra Bick
Biography: Anne Fox
Biography: Debby Gould
17:15
Conference closes