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Breastfeeding Welcome Here!
AUSTRALIAN ENDORSED MIDWIFE CONFERENCE 2023
Rydges Southbank Townsville
July 29 & 30, 2023
29 & 30 July,2023
ABOUT THE EVENT /
Australia's only national conference for Endorsed Midwives
Rydges Southbank Townsville
Townsville, QLD.
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SCHEDULE /
Day 1
July 29,2023
0800 Registration
0845 Opening address by Assistant Minister for Health and Aging Ged Kearney
0850 Department of Health & Aged Care - Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer update
0900 Success Outside the system- Liz Wilkes
0950 Your Choice decision support App-Professor Cate Nagle
1040 MORNING TEA
1110 Establishing lactation in a non-gestational parent -Georgina Bosworth
1200 COPE : Centre of Perinatal Excellence -Dr Nicole Highet
1250 LUNCH
1350 Creating communities is the birthing space-Karlee Thompson
1440 Australian College of Midwives- Alison Weatherstone and Tani Paxton
1530 Aligning expectations- Hallie Barron -MIGA
1630 Close of Day 1 program
DINNER 1800 to 2200 Guest speaker Sharon Stoliar- author of Scars of Gold
Day
July 30,2023
0830 30 years of data from the Launceston Birth Centre- Jaimee Smith
0920 Waminda Birthing on Country- Melanie Briggs
1010 MORNING TEA
1040 Revised safety and quality guidelines for privately practicing midwives- Tanya Vogt
1150 Career planning and progression for endorsed midwives -Annie Barnes
1230 LUNCH
1330 Perineal outcomes for women who give birth in water- Sari Holland
1420 Compounding pharmacy as medication supplier- Emma Jensen
1510 Managing PPH for midwives- Dr Belinda Maier
1600 Close of conference
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