The new year has started and our schedule is busier than ever. Some new and exciting things are happening this year to complement the MEC course. We are currently developing a midwifery up-skilling course called MIDUS to provide all the midwives working in remote and isolated areas with some education. This has come about because of the requests from many midwives who have said “what about us - we need education too” when they find out the MEC course is primarily aimed at non-midwives. So we will trial four new MIDUS courses in the 1st half of the year. They will be a similar format to the MEC - consisting of a manual and weekend workshop. The content and manual will be a work in progress during the trial period and an evaluation will be conducted in June to determine the feasibility and sustainability of the course. Whether the course continues after June 2010 will depend on our funding body - DOHA - agreeing to provide further funding for it.
We also have an Online Education program being developed as we speak, to provide ongoing educational tools to support all of our current courses. You will hear more abut this as the content becomes available.
So back to MEC - we kick off with a course in Bruny Island mid February. I’m hoping for good weather but even if its not so good it is nice to see the ocean. Being a resident of rural country Victoria i don’t see it often enough! I’ll post some photos from there after the course.
If anyone has an interesting birth story or a pregnancy complication from their work in remote or rural Australia that highlights the skills we teach in MEC please post it here (no identifying details please) or email me at mec@crana.org.au.
Cheers
Caitlin
I am a midwife very interested in coming to Alice Springs to attend the MIDUS course in the second half of 2010. Is there a chance that MIDUS may be held then?
Thanks, Julie
I am a ‘rusty’ midwife but don’t wish to lose my registration. As I am not working in a clinical /maternity setting MidPlus is unsuitable. neitehr does ALSO. Will MEC be considered adequate by ACMI for National registration? If so, will you be conducting any courses in QLD or Northern Australia?
Bruny is sounds lovely and I am inspired by Christpher’s prsentation showing image sof your workshops there.
Look forward to hearing from you
Felicity
I have just moved to rural WA. This course sounds good, I am not working yet but would like to expand on my knowlege base. Where will this course be held in WA?
Thank you
Angela
Hi Julie
sorry this reply has taken awhile. I posted a reply a couple of weeks ago but it doesn’t seem to have been saved.
Currently we are piloting 4 MIDUS programs before June. These pilots will be evaluated before the end of June and we will then apply for further funding from DOHA to continue the program.
Future MIDUS programs will depend on whether we get funding or not, so i’m sorry i can’t give a more definite answer than that, but keep your eye on the CRANAplus website and we will continue to update our information there.
Cheers
Caitlin