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1st Annual Ontario West Midwifery Conference Agenda (2022)

1st Annual Ontario West Midwifery Conference Agenda (2022)

Wednesday, October 12Thursday, October 13Friday, October 14
Advancing ResearchAdvancing Innovative Clinical ProgramsAdvancing Leadership
1200hWelcome             
Katie Fisher (Moderator)
1200hWelcome             
Danielle Longfield (Moderator)
1200h 
Welcome              
Katie Fisher/Meagan Furnivall (Moderator)
1205-1300h

LHSC Research Showcase

Burnout in Midwifery

Dr. Andrea Lawlor, King’s College             
Meagan Furnivall, Research Lead – LHSC Dept of Midwifery

1240-1320h

Keynote Speaker

Instituting a Novel, Interdisciplinary Expanded Midwifery Care Model: From Initial idea to Implementation & Evaluation

Katie Fisher and Lauren Columbus – LHSC Dept of Midwifery

1205-1230h

 

Keynote Speaker

Change Management

Abigail Corbin,             
AMU Director

1235-1300h

LHSC Research Showcase

“Maybe I’m not that approachable:” Using simulation to disrupt and explore problematic team hierarchy behaviours

Lauren Columbus, Academic Practice Lead, Dept of Midwifery- LHSC

1240-1320h

Schedule Q Showcase

1240-1255: Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) Well Newborn & Parent Clinic Schedule Q.

1255-1310 Ottawa Birth Centre

1310-1325 - Guelph Schedule Q 

1235-1250h

 

Leadership Spotlight

“Healthy Practice Cultures”

Elizabeth Brandeis and Feben Aseffa, AOM

“Indigenous Midwifery”

Ellen Blais, AOM 

1250-1305h
1305-1350h

Keynote Speaker

Building Midwifery Research Capacity

Dr. Beth Murray Davis, MMRC and Meagan Furnivall, Research Lead – LHSC Dept of Midwifery

1330-1350h

EMCM Showcase

Norfolk EMCM: How it started and how its evolved

Amanda Kocheff, Norfolk EMCM

1310-1350h

Panel Discussion – Advancing Leadership

Claire Ramlogan-Salanga, Chair of CMO             
Abigail Corbin, AMU Director             
Katie Fisher, Lead, Dept of Midwifery

Esther Owusu-Ababio, Head Midwife, Woodstock 

Dr. Beth Murray Davis

Feben Aseffa, AOM

1350-1400hQ&A1350-1400hQ&A1350-1400hQ&A             
Wrap up to the end of the conference
2nd Annual Ontario West Midwifery Conference (2023)

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2023 OWMC Agenda

Day 1(Nov 8th 12PM-2PM)
Poster for Advancing Evidence-Based Care Through Midwifery-Specific Clinical Practice Virtual Conference
Poster for Day One of Ontario West Midwifery Conference: Advancing Research
Poster for "Why Are You Even Here?": How Interprofessional Interactions Can Impact Midwives Self-Concept Virtual Event
Poster for Day One of Ontario West Midwifery Conference: Advancing Research
Poster for Supporting Skin-To-Skin Contact in the OR: A New Product to Increase Safety and Promote Trauma-Informed Care Virtual Event
Poster for Day One of Ontario West Midwifery Conference: Advancing Research
Poster for Advancing Midwifery Data Collection and Quality - An Intra-Collaborative Effort Between the AOM and Born Virtual Event
Poster for Day One of Ontario West Midwifery Conference: Advancing Research
Poster for History of Concussion and Risk of Serious Mental Illness: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study Virtual Event
Poster for Day One of Ontario West Midwifery Conference: Advancing Research
Poster for Psychological Birth Trauma: What Do We Need to Learn? Virtual Event
Poster for Day One of Ontario West Midwifery Conference: Advancing Research
Day 2 (Nov 9th 12PM-2PM)
Poster for Journey Towards Improving Black Maternal Health Virtual Event
Poster for Day Two of Ontario West Midwifery Conference: Advancing Innovative Clinical Programs
Poster for One Year of the TIME Program at LHSC Virtual Event
Posters for Day Two of Ontario West Midwifery Conference: Advancing Innovative Clinical Programs
Poster for Schedule Q & EMCM Showcase: Hamilton Midwifery Care Unit & CK Mom & Baby Clinic Virtual Event
Poster for Day Two of Ontario West Midwifery Conference: Advancing Innovative Clinical Programs
Day 3 (Nov 10th 12PM-2PM) 
Poster for Keynote Speaker: Building a Psychologically Safe Workplace Virtual Event
Poster for Day Three of Ontario West Midwifery Conference: Advancing Leadership
Poster for Demystifying the Complaints Process Virtual Event
Poster for Day Three of Ontario West Midwifery Conference: Advancing Leadership
Poster for Closing Panel: Longevity in the Midwifery Profession Virtual Event
Poster for Day Three of Ontario West Midwifery Conference: Advancing Leadership