November 2005 8:17 PM
To: OzMid List
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] emergency skills
Hi everyone,
I was just wanting to know if anyone had been to Midwifery Skills for
Emergencies run by Birth International with Maggie Banks as the facilitator.
It's just that it is quite expensive ($1095) , which is dearer
I attended Maggie's Intensive in October 2004 in New Zealand at Maggie's
house.
It's a wonderful workshop to either reaffirm the work midwives already
do, particularly if you work independently, or to give you many new
persepectives and questions about why you do what you do, where your
I attended Maggie's course in July. Reaffirms midwifery and women centred
care. Shows how to deal with shoulder dystocia etc from a midwifes
perspective and focuses on working with women that do not have the first
intervention of bed dystocia, which, as we all know, is often the first
stage of
Yes!
I have been to Maggie Banks Midwifery Intensive and it was truly inspiring
and had a midwifery perspective whereas the ALSO course is very obstetric in
nature.
It is worth every cent!!
Leanne.
Leanne Wynne
Midwife in charge of Women's Business
Mildura Aboriginal Health Service Mob 0418
