The Virtual International Day of the Midwife (VIDM) is an annual online conference which celebrates the International Day of the Midwife. It is held on or around May 5th each year to be as close to the International Day of the Midwife as possible.
VIDM runs for 24 hours and covers a wide range of subjects with speakers from around the globe. It uses online conferencing software to bring together people who have an interest in childbirth matters – midwives, students and consumers — all completely free.
The conference was first held in 2009 and was organized by a team of two then working at Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand. By 2020, the organizing committee comprised midwives, midwifery academics, and online education professionals from seven countries across four continents.
Please note: We are a small not-for-profit group with the sole purpose of organising and running the Virtual International Day of the Midwife – an annual free 24-hour online conference. We do not endorse any other organizations beyond our sponsors.
Members of the committee presented on VIDM to the International Confederation of Midwives 30th triennial congress, held in Prague in June 2014.[1]
Reference:
[1] Session on Lifelong Learning at ICM Prague 2014
Good day to you. I would like remjnders for the May 4th Midwives conference please. Thank you
Delia Muhammad (UK) 🌺
Doula (1993-2017)
Retired midwife (2004-2017)
Birth Educator (1993 -)
Hello Delia,
Please be sure to follow our blog and you will be sent updates.
Thank you for your interest. ~VIDM
Will recordings be posted of the presentations? Thanks so much!
Yes, we will be posting the recordings in the programme as soon as possible after the sessions then added to the Virtual Midwives YouTube channel later
Enhorabuena como cada año por la iniciativa. ¿Donde podemos registrarnos?
Hola Montse. No es necesario registrarse este año. Pronto publicaremos información sobre ‘Acceso a la conferencia’ y enlazaremos con el Calendario del Programa VIDM 2021.
bonjour, quel est le fuseau horaire de l’horaire de la conférence? j
j’ai bien hâte
Hello Celine, The conference sessions use UTC time zone. There is a link in each session to check the time in your location anywhere in the world. We are looking forward to seeing you soon!
Hello, how do we generate an attendance certificate for the sessions we attended?
Excellent presentations, thank you
Great question Rachael. Go to the “After the conference 2021” page. There you can download a certificate of attendance (WORD) in either English or Spanish. Add your name and pop it in your portfolio!