Speaker: Ginger García Portocarrero
Facilitator: Susana Ku
El Colegio Regional de Obstetras III Lima – Callao, ha venido desarrollando un voluntariado en ayuda a la Maternidad Segura brindando temas en: consejería, telemedicina y campañas de salud reproductiva para los lugares más precarios de la ciudad.
Para este 2023, estamos relanzando voluntariado con el nombre de Brigada PRO (Primera Respuesta Obstétrica), que incluye temas de: soporte básico de vida, atención prehospitalaria de emergencias ginecoobstétricas y Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres; para asegurar una buena atención en los lugares menos accesibles de nuestra región. También, pretendemos contagiar y compartir el voluntariado para formar la organización: Obstetras Sin Fronteras.
En esta renovación se les dotará de un traje táctico especial para el trabajo de campo que las pueda identificar y desempeñarse mejor en sus actividades.
English:
The Regional College of Midwives III Lima – Callao, has been developing a volunteer program in support of Safe Motherhood providing counseling, telemedicine and reproductive health campaigns for the most precarious places in the city.
For this 2023, we are relaunching volunteering under the name of “Brigada PRO (First Obstetric Response)”, which includes topics such as: basic life support, pre-hospital care of gynecological and obstetric emergencies and Disaster Risk Management, to ensure good care in the least accessible places in our region. Also, we intend to spread and share volunteering to form the organization: “Midwives Without Borders”.
For this project, midwives will be provided with a special tactical suit for field work that will help them to identify and perform better in their activities.
Recording: https://youtu.be/zfwrQxweOwA
Speakers: Gina Kruger and Linda Sweet
Facilitator: Caitlin Goodwin
Abstract:
Background: Midwives have a central role in working with women to provide safe and appropriate care across pregnancy, childbirth, and the early parenting period. Midwives being supported in their practice role influences their capacity to promote healthy birthing for women. This study aimed to explore midwives’ perceptions and experiences of peer support in a hospital setting in Australia. Methods – Twenty-three midwives participated in four focus group discussions, which were recorded and professionally transcribed. Thematic analysis of the grouped data identified areas to inform the development of supportive peer support strategies to enhance midwives’ practice role in the provision of woman-centered care. Results – The themes identified were: communicating effectively with emphasis on the quality of intra-professional relationships; having a sense of belonging and being trusted in decision-making; being able to access individualised peer support; and, initiating support-seeking behaviours to meet the midwife’s needs. Discussion: Participants felt the need for greater peer support. This is a dynamic concept in that the timing and type of peer support required can influence midwives’ scope of practice with women in the changing, complex nature of the practice environment. Conclusions: Study findings inform the development of informal and formal peer support systems for midwives. With the development and piloting of peer support practice strategies tailored to value and promote midwives’ fulfilling our scope of practice while achieving healthy maternity care experiences for women and their babies.
Recording: https://youtu.be/NJK7xWhJ6hY
