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10.00 – 11.15: Meeting the challenges facing midwifery education

10.00 Chair’s opening remarks
Professor Jayne Marshall, Foundation Professor of Midwifery/Lead Midwife for Education, University of Leicester

10.10
Grace Thomas, Head of Health Professions; Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Midwifery Development, Cardiff University

10.25
Nicky Clark, Lead Midwife for Education; Senior Lecturer; Chair of the NMCLME Strategic Reference Group, University of Hull

10.40
Questions and discussion

11.15: Break

11.45 – 12.30: Regulation, quality and standards challenges

11.45
Dr Jacqui Williams, Senior Midwifery Advisor – Education (Professional Practice) NMC

12.00
Professor Alison Machin, Chair, Council of Deans of Health; Professor of Nursing and Interprofessional Education, Department of Healthcare, Northumbria University Newcastle

12.15
Questions and discussion

12.30 – 13.15: Role of the LME

12.30
Panel discussion:

Adjunct Professor Grace Edwards, Aga Khan University, East Africa

James Hallwood, Head of Policy & External Affairs, Council of Deans of Health

Nicky Clark, Lead Midwife for Education; Senior Lecturer, University of Hull

13.15: Break for Lunch

14.15 – 15.00: Teaching methods and innovations

14.15 Chair’s introduction
Nicky Clark, Lead Midwife for Education; Senior Lecturer; Chair of the NMCLME Strategic Reference Group, University of Hull

14.20
Sheila Brown, Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Sciences (Midwifery), Bangor University

14.30
Alison Power, Associate Professor in Learning and Teaching, University of Northampton

14.40
Questions and discussion

15.00 – 15.45 Educating future midwives

15.00 Student finance and retention
Dr Heather Bower, Head of Midwifery Education, Royal College of Midwives

15.10 Developing advanced practice
Paula McLaren, Senior Adviser for Advanced Practice, NMC

15.20 Panel discussion with above speakers plus:
Professor Jayne Marshall, Foundation Professor of Midwifery/Lead Midwife for Education, University of Leicester

15:40 Summary, thanks and close

15.45 Close

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