February 03, 2003

Midwifery programs at St George Hospital

Today has been spent with a group of 23 midwives from St George Hospital in Sydney. Some were new students, others new graduates, we had representatives from the Labour Ward, the Birth Centre and the community midwifery program. There was a great collegiate atmosphere in the group and a genuine passion for normal births - we had a great day exploring Active Birth together.

This hospital is an outstanding example of what can be achieved in a big city teaching hospital within a diverse community. They are affiliated with the University of Technology and have a very active midwifery research program. Their new graduates program enables recently qualified midwives to consolidate their experience in a birth centre program rather than the main labour ward, thus further developing skills in normal birth rather than technological management of labour. Their community based midwifery and caseload practices are excellent examples of this type of service. The intervention rates in the labour ward are better than average for Sydney.

The maternity leadership in this unit is outstanding, and the supportive workplace that emphasises innovation, woman-centred care and midwifery values is able to attract team leaders and midwifery managers of high calibre. The obstetric team is led by Professor Chapman who has a genuine respect for midwifery and is encouraging a move towards a home birth service as the next logical step for the hospital. Jo Wills, a passionate midwife, is the Patient Services Manager and Pat Brodie and Caroline Homer (who authored the best selling manual on implementing midwifery models of care) are also on staff.

I have offered this workshop to the hospital in return for their support of my video project, in which I hope to develop and produce a series of educational videos for midwives. I have started filming births in the hospital and hope to capture many more on video over the coming months. Later this year I plan to film in their labour ward, looking at the midwife’s role in facilitating normal birth and another program for childbirth educators. I really enjoy working with these like minded colleagues and I feel we are really in tune with many of the issues that underpin good births for women and babies.

Meanwhile, I am learning my way around the hospital campus - not getting lost is always a priority on these sprawling sites!

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