Winter 2009 - Association of Ontario Midwives

Members at the fall West Regional Meeting in Stratford (left to right): Liza van de Hoef
(Stratford Midwives), Cathy Grant (Cambridge Midwives), Rebekah Bradshaw (Stratford
Midwives), Beth Lynes (Stratford Midwives) and Beth Read (Thames Valley Midwives)
Spring Regional Meetings
Regional meetings are key to information-sharing. At the fall
meetings, Board members and staff gave updates regarding
negotiations, communications, growth and new initiatives. Fall
minutes are now available for download from the members only
section of the AOM website.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to give input into the
development of the next strategic plan. All members are invited
to attend.
Meetings will run from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Members are encouraged
to contact your regional representative to add items to the
agenda. Call the AOM office if you need the contact details for
your rep.
West (London): Tuesday, March 24 • Madeleine Clin
North (Sudbury): Wednesday, March 25 • Eileen Abbey
South-East (barrie): Thursday, March 26 • Sara Stainton
East (Kemptville): Monday, March 30 • Jane Somerville
South-West (Oakville): Wednesday, April 1 • Kelly Gascoigne
South-Central (Toronto): Note new date - Thursday, April 2 •
Tracy Franklin
Friends reconnect at the West Regional Meeting (left to right): Tahereh Alizadeh
Barmi (Cambridge Midwives), Nasrin Bandari Vali (Kitchener-Waterloo Midwifery
Associates), Mitra Sadeghipour (Family Midwifery Care of Guelph), Mojgan Nadafi
(Thames Valley Midwives) and Basak Ardalani (Guelph Midwives).
Membership renewal
The early bird draw winner this year is Angel Brazeau-Taylor
(Midwifery Services of Durham). Angel received a prize from
the AOM in December. Thank you to all members who have
renewed. The AOM currently has 457 members.
AOM Informed Choice eLearning Module
The Informed Choice eLearning Module is the first eLearning
product developed by the AOM. It is written for practicing
midwives, recognizing the skill and knowledge they already
have in providing informed choice.
The need for the module was first recommended by the Joint
Risk Management Working Group because of the key role
that informed choice plays in risk management.
The College of Midwives of Ontario recognizes this module
as fulfilling two Continuing Education and Professional
Development Activities for Quality Assurance Program (QAP)
reporting. Cost to AOM members is $25.
Learn more and take the course at www.aom.on.ca/
Professional/E-Learning_Opportunities/Informed_Choice_
eLearning_Module.aspx
Clinical Practice Guildelines
work underway
The AOM Clinical Practice Guidelines project
was launched last fall. The AOM will be
creating six CPGs over the next year to
provide Ontario Midwives with the most
recent evidence-based recommendations
from a uniquely midwifery- and values-based
perspective.
“This work is so valuable to members,” says
Tasha MacDonald, RM, Director of Clinical
Practice Guidelines. “To provide Association
guidelines for clinical issues is such a great
opportunity for members to both contribute
and to learn from each other. We look forward
to a lot of feedback and participation from
members once the first draft guidelines are
posted in the spring.”
The first two CPGs to be completed will be
Group B Strep and PROM.
In upcoming months information will be
posted to the AOM website to keep members
informed and elicit their feedback.
Thank you to the CPG sub-committee and
midwife researchers who have been helping
the project get off to a great start.
They are: Liz Darling (chair), Rhea Wilson,
Jenni Huntly, Ann Pennington, Cheryllee
Bourgeois, Corinne Hare, Paula Salehi, Lynlee
Spencer (student member), Lisa Weston (IRMP
Committee Rep).
For further information please contact the
Project Manager, Suzannah Bennett, at
cpgmanager@aom.on.ca.
www.aom.on.ca
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