About this Event
Join Us at the INMO / RCM ALL IRELAND ANNUAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE!
Ready to connect with fellow midwives and dive into the latest in maternity care? This in-person event is the perfect opportunity to learn, share stories, and get inspired by experts from across Ireland. Expect engaging sessions, hands-on workshops, and plenty of chances to network. Don’t miss out on a day packed with insights, innovation, and a supportive vibe. See you there!
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM
Registration & Trade Exhibition
🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Opening Address
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Effective leadership in addressing current concerns in maternity services
Info: implementing and sustaining improvements needed to ensure high quality and safe care delivery
Dr Denise Chaffer, Leadership Consultant, International Confederation of Midwives
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Better safe quallity care
Info: Prof Johnathon Drennan, Full Professor of Nursing, UCD
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Morning Break & Trade Exhibition
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
One Million Midwives
Info: Danielle Drandic, Head of Advocacy and Communications, International Confederation of Midwives
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Concurrent workshops:
Info: 1. The Influence of AI in Healthcare
Dr Sinead Impey, School of Nursing and Midwivery, Trinity College Dublin
Prof Gayes Stephens, School of Computer Science & Statistics, Trinity College Dublin
2. From Student to Midwife: Surviving, Thriving & Succeeding.
Katrina McCullough & Donna Jackson, Clinical Skills Midwives; Southern HSC Trust & contributions from practice development representatives, Southern Ireland
🕑: 01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
Lunch & Trade Exhibition
🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
Concurrent workshops repeated as per morning session
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM
Staffing - Safety - Leadership
Info: Grainne Milne, Director of Midwifery, Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda, Co Louth
🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:00 PM
More Than a Model: Delivering Safer Maternity Care Through Continuity
Info: Michelle Harrison, Ass Dir for Integrated Maternity Womens Health, Maria Garvey, Lead Midwife and Service User, Southern HSC Trust
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Questions & answers with conference speakers
🕑: 04:30 PM - 04:30 PM
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Event venue & nearby stays
Fairways Hotel Dundalk, Dublin Road, Dundalk, Ireland
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