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Opportunity for innovation: COVID-19 and group antenatal care in Northern Ireland

Paul
Covid-19 has provided many opportunities for implementation of change at pace and has also facilitated reflection and review of usual processes with a much sharper focus on priorities. This is particularly relevant within the provision of maternity care and education of future midwives. A model of group antenatal care and......
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Quality versus Quantity in online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

Paul
Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, London South Bank University, and steering group member for the Maternity and Midwifery forum, reflects on the changes experienced by educators and students through the COVID pandemic. She discusses the challenges of educating midwifery students online and questions what the future will look like. The......
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Antenatal colostrum harvesting: a service for women with diabetes

Paul
The benefits of breastfeeding are well known but there are many reasons why newborns might end up receiving formula first and often this is beyond a mother’s control. In response to this, the UNICEF Breast Feeding Initiative has long been advising the importance of teaching women how to express breast......
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Reflection on the International Maternity Experience: Maternity services after Covid 19

Paul
During these difficult and challenging times having access to this international online experience was a fantastic experience. Midwives have always been great at multi-tasking, but as someone who has enjoyed face to face teaching, the concept of this experience was so rewarding. I “multi tasked” drinking tea, housework, ironing, answering......
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