8.13 Developing Global Midwifery Education – Part 2

Hosted by: Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert, Mayes Midwifery Biographies Maeve O'Connell Maeve is a Registered Midwife and Nurse. Coming from Cork in the Republic of Ireland, she is passionate about midwifery, intrapartum care in particular and has a strong presence on social media as a nurse and midwife promoting midwifery and maternal and new-born health. Maeve holds a Master’s in Advanced Practice from King’s College London and a PhD in Medicine & Health from University College Cork. Her PhD research concerns fear of childbirth and tocophobia in pregnant women which has been presented at international conferences and journal publications, which are widely cited, a Cochrane Review- Interventions for fear of childbirth (tocophobia) and a book chapter in an edited text about understanding childbirth fear and anxiety. She is also the author of the new updated Chapter on 'Care in the First Stage of Labour' in the newest Edition of the core Midwifery Textbook Mayes Midwifery. She has been an Associate Editor for Women and Birth Journal for three years and peer reviews for many journals. Maeve is presently working as Assistant Professor of Midwifery in Fatima College of Health Sciences in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates where she is working with Dr Georgina Sosa to develop the first Bachelors Midwifery Degree Program in the United Arab Emirates. She has previously lectured in Midwifery and Public Health Nursing in University College Cork, Ireland and worked as Lecturer in Nursing at RCSI Bahrain, Bahrain and Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at Cardiff University in Wales in the United Kingdom. She is also a Fellow of the Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery at RCSI, which was awarded in recognition of her exceptional commitment, dedication, and contribution to the delivery of care. Maeve believes that positive public promotion of midwifery is crucial for the survival of our profession. In her role as an educator, her mission is to educate, nurture, and foster independent critical thinking and learning in students. She is passionate about evidence-based practice and that women and midwives have access to the best available evidence to provide woman-centred care. Her methodological interests are systematic reviews, meta-analysis, meta-synthesis and quantitative epidemiological studies. “We must continuously strive for high quality care for women and babies to give them the best start in life.” Georgina Sosa Georgina Sosa has been a Midwife in the UK for 26 years. She trained and worked at the Whittington Hospital in London from 1995-2003, where she opened an African well women clinic for women with female genital mutilation (FGM) and completed a Midwifery MSc. In 2003, Georgina moved to the James Paget Hospital (JPUH) in Norfolk and worked as a clinical midwifery manager until 2010. Georgina has published a paper concerning her experiences caring for women with FGM in the Midwifery journal “Midirs” and written a chapter titled the “Midwife Manager” in the book “Becoming a Midwife”. Georgina then worked as a Governance Midwife from 2010 to March 2014 leading the maternity services at the JPUH to CNST - Clinical Negligence scheme for Trusts level III. Most recently, Georgina has successfully completed her PhD which explored midwifery one-to-one support in labour. She has also co-published papers on the concept analysis of midwifery one-to-one support in labour in 2011 in the journal “Midwifery.” In addition, Georgina has travelled to Sudan to speak at conferences and carry out low risk midwifery workshops and emergency skills & drills. Georgina has worked in all areas of midwifery but has particular passion for the care of women in labour and caring for women with FGM and training professionals concerning labour care and FGM.