Australian Private Midwives Association: Midwifery 2012

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Midwifery 2012

MIDWIFERY 2012

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Midwives Australia wants to support YOU with an interactive workshop for midwives wanting to keep in touch with the trends for 2012 and beyond. Friday May 18th & Saturday May 19th Two Workshop days being held in association with the Pregnancy Babies & Children’s Expo at the Sydney Showgrounds, Olympic Park.

10 CPD points for two days attendance
Day 1 (9.30am – 3pm) Perspective - National registration and changes to midwifery regulation - Continuing Professional Development - What women want? - Moving to continuity of care models Practice - Supporting women in labour and active birth
Day 2 (9.30am – 4pm) Practice - Perinatal mental health – a skills update - Morning tea - Mentoring midwives Possibilities - Review of private practice across Australia - Medicare and eligibility - Career opportunities in midwifery
The amazing Australian documentary Face of Birth will be screened during the workshop. What is face of birth? http://www.faceofbirth.com
Scientific evidence shows that how we are born has a huge impact on our health and happiness - as babies, children and, for some of us - for the rest of our lives. Home birth mothers believe that they are making the best and safest choice for themselves and their babies. Mainstream medicine in Australia, unlike the UK, thinks otherwise. This is a film about families that choose to give birth at home, the midwives and health professionals who support them and a system that works against them. Midwives will receive complimentary tickets to the Expo plus a GAIA Natural Skincare ‘goodie bag’ as a part of the workshop and will have a guided tour during the lunch break.
COST $150 for the two days (daily rate available $80).
To register online go to: http://www.midwivesaustralia.com.au/?page_id=317 alternatively please email info@midwivesaustralia.com.au midwivesaustralia
(Please note tea and coffee only provided. Lunch is not catered but available on the Expo site).

1 comment:

Joy Johnston said...: Midwives Australia is also in need of help on the “Meet the Midwives Lounge” at the expo. It is a way of advertising, for those wanting business and a way of getting the word out there about midwifery.; April 24, 2012 at 11:49 AM

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WHO ARE WE?

The Australian Private Midwives Association represents midwives in private practice. The association is focused on the safety of women, the ability of women to access quality midwifery care across Australia and the partnerships between women and midwives. APMA supports women’s choice in maternity options within a framework of quality and safety and believes in women being able to access midwives in all settings. APMA unites all midwives seeking to provide continuity of care for women.

APMA strives to provide midwives in private practice with information relevant to their practice and advocacy in the political process.

Enquiries:
Joy Johnston joy@aitex.com.au
Marie Heath NSW and National 0407 266004
Clare Lane (Vic) 0416 130219

APMA POSITION STATEMENT on PLANNED HOME BIRTHS WITH A MIDWIFE

1. We support home birth with a midwife in attendance for women who have uncomplicated labours. 2. We support and adopt the International Confederation of Midwives’ (ICM) Definition of the Midwife (2011), which is foundational to all midwifery practice, including homebirth. 3. We support the right of every woman to access a midwife as the primary maternity caregiver who works in partnership with the woman throughout the episode of care, who is able to be the responsible professional in attendance at the birth either at home or hospital, and who is able to make appropriate referral and transfer of care when required. 4. We support the right of a midwife to practise privately in a fee-for-service or funded relationship with the client, or to take up employment. 5. We support only those regulatory restrictions that are able to pass the ‘public interest’ test: “How does this promote health and wellbeing in the mother and baby?” 6. We support an expectation of equity, including equal pay for equal work throughout a midwife’s scope of practice. Midwives who provide primary maternity care are entitled to the same public funding, the same opportunity to charge a fee-for-service, the same access to hospital referral, and publicly supported indemnity insurance, as medical practitioners providing the same maternity services. 7. We support processes by which midwives are able to gain experience and mentoring in order to commence and demonstrate competence in homebirth practice. 8. We support seamless and reliable processes by which midwives are able to make hospital bookings for women planning homebirth, and arrange transfer to the hospital in a timely way when needed.