Midwifery Institute at Jefferson

Global evidence continues to demonstrate that midwives save lives when educated, integrated, and provided resources to manage childbearing families. Laerdal, a... major international manufacturing company for maternal, newborn simulators set out to aid in training competent midwives in under resourced countries called the 50,000 Happy Birthdays project. In our three countries, more than 18,500 midwives and other health care providers have been trained to improve management of birth asphyxia, newborn prematurity, post-partum hemorrhage, and eclampsia. Across the project implementation sites, internal project data indicated a 26% reduction in stillbirth rates in Ethiopia, a 57% reduction in newborn deaths in Rwanda, and a 33% reduction in maternal deaths in Tanzania. How? Pre-service training Training of educators, tutors & lab technicians Equipping skill laboratories with simulators Scheduling of short frequent skill practice sessions Improved student confidence prior to clinical practice Topics aligned with existing curricula Improved teaching methodology Simulation and competency-based methods What happened in Rwanda? Women who died from bleeding after birth decreased from 7.2% to 3.4% at implementation sites (health facilities) Women who died from eclampsia reduced from 3.6% to 0% Newborn deaths from birth asphyxia decreased from 20.1% to 17.4% Stillbirths decreased from 1.4% to 1.2% https://www.devex.com//opinion-what-we-learned-from-the-50 #GrowMidwives #ScaleUpandSustainMidwifery #2020yearofthemidwife

Jefferson Abington is hiring midwives to join a full-scope collaborative practice: https://hr.jefferson.edu/careers/search-jobs.html The Midwife serves as a member within the General Division in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is eligible for faculty appointment in the College of Health Professions, Midwifery & Women’s Health Programs. The midwife is responsible for full-scope midwifery care. The midwife provides independent clinical management of essentially... healthy people, including: routine office well gynecologic care, management of minor gynecologic issues, antepartum/intrapartum/postpartum care, and immediate care of the newborn. The midwife will work in the hospital and office-based care settings as a member of a collaborative care team. The care team consists of OB/GYNs, midwives, NPs, RNs, social workers, and medical assistants. See more

Proud of our collaboration with Baystate Midwifery. Graduate Sarah Thayer worked on the literature review for this publication as part of her Master’s Completion at Jefferson. Congratulations to all!

Congratulations !December ‘19, May ‘20 & August ‘20 graduates! Congratulations !December ‘19, May ‘20 & August ‘20 graduates!

It’s time nationally certified midwives across the country are recognized as integral to improved outcomes and treated as knowledgeable colleagues. People seeking midwifery care need access to midwives in all settings: offices, hospitals, birth centers, homes, mobile clinics, universities, labs, and more. Midwives need access to health systems so that we can coordinate, refer, and consult for care seemlessly with physicians, nurses, therapists, and social workers, among others.

Midwifery Thinks! 2020 is an online symposium highlighting midwifery research by established and emerging scholars About this Event Midwifery Thinks! 2020 is a national symposium celebrating midwifery scholarship and innovation in the United States. This year's Midwifery Thinks! features midwives from both the U.S. and Australia, recent graduates of doctoral programs, and poster presentations. The symposium will be held via an online platform. There is no charge for the sympo...sium, but donations to the Liz Pickett Scholarship Fund are welcomed. Speakers include: Judith Mercer, PhD, CNM, FACNM Helen McLachlan, RN, RM, MNUrs, PhD Della Forster, DipAppSci, BAppSci, MMid, PhD Lauren Anita Arrington, DNP, CNM, MSN Erin Biscone DNP, CNM, FACNM Kendra Faucett DNP, CNM Emily C. McGahey MSN, CNM Barbara Reale, MSN, CNM, FACNM Register now! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/midwifery-thinks-2020-registra See more

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The largest professional association of midwives in the US issues a statement.

Fantastic podcast. Proud of Michele LaMarr-Suggs