Poll Questions
Throughout today’s programme there will be poll questions to participate in. You can access the voting via Slido here or by scanning the QR code below on your phone.
Evaluation Form - Student Midwife Experience Festival 2024
Programme:
10.00 – 11.00: Making a world of difference in Midwifery
Opening remarks
Caitlin Twomey, Student Midwife, University of Leicester
10.10
Fran McConville, Midwifery Advisor, World Health Organisation
10.25
Adjunct Professor Grace Edwards, Aga Khan University, East Africa
10.45 Student panel
Catherine McMurdo, Student Midwife, University of Leicester
Emma Healey, Student Midwife, University of Leicester
11.00 – 11.40: Students’ rights and standards
11.00 The NMC: how it can support you
Dr Jacqui Williams, Senior Midwifery Advisor (Education), Professional Practice, NMC
11.15 Why NETS?
Molly Yeardsley, Midwifery Leadership Fellow, NHS England, Midlands Region; Professional Midwifery Advocate and TRIM Manager
11.30 Student Panel:
Jessica Ryan, Student Midwife, Academic Course Representative 2021-24 and MidSoc
Wellbeing and Inclusion Ambassador 2024-25, University of Leicester
Bea Gardner, Student Midwife, University of Leicester
11.40 Refreshment Break
12.00 – 12.40: Building positive experiences
12.00 Wellbeing Wednesday
Imogen Arnold, Student Midwife, University of Leicester
12.10 Making the most of electives – experiencing Japan
Bea Gardner, Student Midwife, University of Leicester
12.20 Student Panel:
Jemimah Skilling, Student Midwife, University of Leicester
Catherine McMurdo, Student Midwife, University of Leicester
12.40 – 13.00: Making the most of your student time
12.40
Dr Anna Byrom, Director, The Student Midwife Journal, All4Maternity
13.00 Lunch Break
14.00 – 15.00: Student Poll
14.00 Chair’s remarks
Caitlin Twomey, Student Midwife, University of Leicester
14.05 Echo of your own birth experience
Gin Lowdean, Student Midwife, Edinburgh Lothian University
14.20 Student Panel
Zoe Muttock, Student Midwife, University of Leicester
Emma Healey, Student Midwife, University of Leicester
14.30 Evaluating the impact of the Clinical Placement Facilitator Development Role
Laila Saifeldeen, Midwife, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Polling and survey
14:45 Student Panel:
Robbi Mitchell, Student Midwife, Anglia Ruskin University
Zoe Muttock, Student Midwife, University of Leicester
15.00 Refreshment Break
15.15 – 16.00: From handywoman to professional midwife: Sarah Thomas, a hidden history
15.15
Professor Billie Hunter CBE, Emerita Professor, Cardiff University
15.40 Student Panel
Jessica Ryan
Emma Healey
Caitlin Twomey
16.00 Close of festival
Delegate Resources:
Speaker presentations and other delegate resources for this conference can be accessed here.