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Dear  Lorraine,

 

The topic you raise about less midwifery staffing seems a to be a great concern of more people, and I have heard it coming from education people as well.  Basically all official national and international documents notice(d) the upcoming shortage, but constrastingly it does not lead to an increase in the number of midwives, that should be trained (which actually is a recommendation). Instead other solutions are being proposed, and even staff in midwifery education is threatened to be reduced (because of the low number of students in some of our classes/ modules)

 

Seems a good topic to raise during a session this day; what happens in regard to midwifery staff, and how does does government etc. try to solve this ? (Funny enough, the midwives experiencing this cut down might have difficulties to attend though...)

 

Kind regards,

 

Ans

 

Ans Luyben

Switzerland

Tel. w. 0041 81 2868535

E-mail: [log in to unmask]

 

Von: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im Auftrag von Lorraine Wall-Jones
Gesendet: Samstag, 16. Januar 2010 15:00
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Betreff: Re: Virtual International Day of the Midwife 5 May 2010

 

Hello

 

I do not know what I shall be working, we have been down +++ midwifery staff and working all-sorts to cover.

 

I shall be available some of it to be online in sl an to help people negotiate themselves around.

 

regards

Lorraine
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From: Sarah Stewart <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Virtual International Day of the Midwife 5 May 2010
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, 13 January, 2010, 9:21

Hello everyone

Last year Deborah Davis and I organized and facilitated the 24 hour Vrtual International Day of the Midwife. It was a last minute experiment that was very successful in a limited way. The feedback we received was that midwives were very keen to be involved, but needed more time to organize themselves.

So here we are, calling for expressions of interest for this year's 24 hour virtual International Day of the Midwife which will be on May 5th 2010. Would you like to give a presentation, write a paragraph, make a video or podcast, or do anything that can be published on the Internet - tell us about your life as a midwife or student, or an issue that affects your practice as a midwife or interests you? Or, would you like the opportunity to just get together with midwives and have a general discussion or tell stories?

Aim of the 24 hour event
The aim of the 24 hour virtual IDM is to provide access to asynchronous and live online events that will suit midwives in every time zone.

What does it involve?
What we would like you to do is organize an online event of some sort to fit a time zone of your choice. The event can be real time/live, or asynchronous. In a word...anything goes! Here are a few ideas of what you may like to think about:

  • present a live talk/presentation in a virtual classroom
  • host a live chat or discussion
  • share stories with student midwives
  • make a video, post it on YouTube and get a discussion going
  • post a PowerPoint presentation on SlideShare
  • add some information about midwifery, pregnancy or childbirth to Wikipedia
  • host a conference in Second Life
  • post a photo about midwifery on Flickr
  • make an Animoto midwifery video
  • make a midwifery Wordle
  • start off a conversation in a midwifery Facebook group
  • write a blog post
  • record a podcast

What do I do next?
If you are interested in taking part, have a look here at the wiki which will give you more information:

http://internationaldayofthemidwife.wikispaces.com

 Have a think about what you would like to do, and what time zone would suit you. Either add your details to the wiki, contact us by email: [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">[log in to unmask]   or   [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">[log in to unmask]

I don't think I can take part because I do not speak English very well
You do not have to use English for your presentation or session. In fact, it would be fabulous if we had some events in languages other than English so that we can reach even more midwives.

What other ways can I help?
If you don't feel you can take responsibility for a virtual event, there are a few more ways you can help:

  • advertise the event to as many midiwves as you can, midwives you know face-to-face and online
  • pass on the information about this event to anyone you think may be interested in being involved in organizing an event
  • volunteer to be a facilitator on the day which means you are responsible for the running of at least one live event - we are especially interested in having people facilitate live sessions at times when we'll be fast asleep in New Zealand and Australia :)
  • volunteer to be back-up help on the day
  • and if you are a midwifery geek, you can volunteer to be on-call to help with technology issues

Here is our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Virtual-International-Day-of-the-Midwife-May-5-2010/288941025829?ref=mf

On Twitter we are @IDM2010 : http://twitter.com/IDM2010 

best wishes, Sarah and Deborah


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Sarah Stewart
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