Welcome to MIDIRS Podcasts

MIDIRS Podcasts offer you access to a whole range of maternity-related information, including topics of interest and practical guidance that you can access at a time and location that suits you.


Maintaining your professional knowledge and awareness of the latest research evidence and practice developments can be challenging; it is, however, an essential part of your professional role. MIDIRS evolving programme of Podcasts is designed to support you in meeting your PREP continuing professional development (CPD) requirements and maintaining awareness of different aspects of clinical practice.

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Date: 01/07/2010 Multidisciplinary training in obstetric emer...


Tim Draycott


‘Making the right way the easiest way’, is the strong message conveyed in MIDIRS latest podcast....

Date: 01/06/2010 Acupuncture in pregnancy and babies


Katherine Allen & George Cooper


Although obstetric acupuncture tends not to be available on the NHS, for the last two years Katherine Allen, a midwife acupuncturist, and George Cooper, a Bristol based acupuncturist, have collaborate...

Date: 04/05/2010 YOUNG FATHERS: who they are, why they matter...


Adrienne Burgess


The purpose of this short article, written by Adrienne Burgess, Research Director of the Fatherhood Institute, is to alert professionals to the importance of engaging with young fathers, and to sugges...

Date: 04/05/2010 Campaigning for vulnerable migrant women by ...


Rosalind Bragg


The very difficult social circumstances of many vulnerable migrants are a key factor in generating deep and persistent maternal health inequalities. Campaigning to improve the lives of vulnerable migr...

Date: 04/05/2010 Mother of Many – Birth, Babies and a Bafta b...


Emma Lazenby | Anna Stealey


When my mum retired two years ago, I started thinking a lot about the job that she had spent almost 30 years doing. Mum was a midwife in Airedale Hospital in West Yorkshire and during her 28 years the...

Date: 15/02/2010 The Cutting Tradition Part 2


Nancy Durrell-McKenna


In this compelling series of podcasts, Nancy Durrell McKenna, award-winning photographer and film-maker, and founding Executive Director of the charity, SafeHands for Mothers, discusses the taboo subj...

Date: 15/02/2010 The Cutting Tradition Part 3


Nancy Durrell-McKenna


In this compelling series of podcasts, Nancy Durrell McKenna, award-winning photographer and film-maker, and founding Executive Director of the charity, SafeHands for Mothers, discusses the taboo subj...

Date: 15/02/2010 The Cutting Tradition Part 4


Nancy Durrell-McKenna


In this compelling series of podcasts, Nancy Durrell McKenna, award-winning photographer and film-maker, and founding Executive Director of the charity, SafeHands for Mothers, discusses the taboo subj...

Date: 26/10/2009 The art of questioning!


Dr Sara Wickham


To launch our new service we have an excellent podcast presentation by Dr Sara Wickham, who explores in detail 'the art of questioning' within midwifery practice. ...

Date: 27/07/2009 Induction of labour


Dr Sara Wickham


'Within Western society, 20 per cent of women now have their labours artificially induced. Consequently, induction of labour has become a huge issue within modern maternity care. ...

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2. Normal birth
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3. Knowledge for practice
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4. Induction of labour
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5. A simple guide to critiquing research articles
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