The program included a variety of keynote presentations and plenary
sessions, and over 40 papers and workshops.
If you are interested in presentations from other speakers
please click on their name to send them an email.
| Day 1 - 19th September |
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| Keynote addresses |
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| Normalising birth in the 21st
Century - (pdf 15mb) |
Andrew
Kotaska
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Andrew
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| Multidisciplinary teaching and learning
to promote teamwork in maternity care - (pdf 4.5mb) |
Jolyon
Ford
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Jolyon |
| Hypnosis and suggestion in childbirth
- Research and applications - (pdf 7.5mb) |
Allan
Cyna
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Allan |
| The Caesarean Section Epidemic:
Where is the money? - (pdf 11mb) |
Andrew
Kotaska
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Andrew
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| The limitations of evidence-based medicine:
How not to get duped by the research - (pdf 700kb) |
Henci
Goer
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Henci |
| Session 1a Keeping Birth Normal
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| Protecting, promoting and supporting normal
birth: A consumers experience of the good, the bad and the
ugly |
Natasha Donnolley |
| Disturbed birth: hormonal impacts of obstetric
interventions |
Sarah Buckley |
| Respecting differenced: the challenge
of multidisciplinary dialogue in maternity care |
Kerreen Reiger |
| Session 1b Caring for Women at
Risk |
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| Keeping breech birth normal |
Andrew Bisits |
| Keeping high risk normal: Caring for women
with complex social and emotional needs |
Caroline Homer |
| Encouraging health professional’s
smoking cessation interventions to promote normal birth |
Sharon Hodby |
| Session 1c Normal
Birth for Indigenous Women |
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Birthing on lands: Options
for remote indigenous women Sue Kildea
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Sue Kildea |
| Better beginnings in Palm
Island |
Alexandra Gosden |
| Strong midwives, strong women,
strong babies, strong future |
Shea Caplice |
| Session 2a Fear as
a Barrier to Normal Birth |
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| Trading in Fear: The role
of the media in normal birth |
Hannah Dahlen |
| The Cascade of Fear: Its impact
on perinatal outcomes for Australian women |
Sally Tracy |
| The Impacts of medicalised
birth on the newborn |
Mark Tracy |
| Session 2b Multidisciplinary
learning & Collaboration |
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| Promoting normal birth: the
development and evaluation of an interactive, multi-media
learning package for midwifery and medical students |
Nicky Leap |
| What can organisations do
to improve inter-professional interactions in maternity
care and thus help to reduce adverse events? |
Carolyn Hastie |
| The FONT Program: Innovations
in collaborative learning to improve outcomes |
Helen Cooke |
| Session 2c Birthing
in the Bush |
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A collaborative clinical experience
in a small rural hospital Suzanne Weir
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Suzanne Weir |
A collaborative clinical experience
in a small rural hospital Suzanne Weir
Goondiwindi Midwifery Group Practice – and innovative
partnership model for rural maternity services |
Dayle
Osborn and Matthew Masel |
| Back from the brink: Maternity
services in a rural facility |
Genevieve Baker |
| Day 2 – 20th September |
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| Session 3a Choice
for women |
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| Avoiding my Third “Vaginal
Bypass”: Tips & tools for evidence-based decision
making |
Andrea Codega |
| Next Birth After Caesarean
(N-BAC) Clinic: An innovative clinical practice initiative
to improve the quality of maternity care and decrease the
caesarean rate |
Tracey Martin |
| Supporting women and their
families through VBAC – a midwife’s perspective |
Lisca Hoy |
| Session 3b Measuring
Outcomes |
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| Improving outcomes in perinatal
care – a Victorian Government initiative |
Christine Tippett |
| Outcomes in primary birthing
units in a New Zealand setting |
Debra Fenton |
| Measuring maternal morbidity:
The AMOSS Project |
Liz
Sullivan |
| Session 3c Competence
for normal birth |
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| Developing core competencies
for all maternity care providers |
Caroline Homer |
| Quality assurance and continuing
competence for midwives |
Christine Ashley-Coe |
| Current, competent and capable:
CPD and practice review for midwives |
Abby Clemence |
| Session 4a Integrated
Continuity of Care |
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| Implementation of a caseload
midwifery model of care in a collaborative community context |
Katie Day |
| Sustaining integrated continuity
of care at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital |
Chris Cornwell |
| Towards integrated continuity
of care at the Royal Women’s |
Tanya Farrell |
| Session 4b Supporting
Normal Birth in the Bush |
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| Is Closure the only answer
for small rural birthing units |
Bernadette Hammond |
| A vision for the future of
rural maternity services: The National Rural Consensus Framework |
Ross Maxwell |
| Rural and remote locum schemes
for maternity care |
Susan Stratigos |
| Session 4c Collaboration
in the Private Sector |
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| Collaboration in private obstetric
practice |
Andrew Zuschmann |
| How can GPs work with obstetricians
and midwives to support normal birth? |
Andrew Baird |
| Normal birth in the private
hospital sector |
Sue Foyle |
