Using educational DVDs in teaching perinatal bereavement communication to undergraduate healthcare students

O Sullivan, T. (1), Murphy M. (2), Verling, AM. (1,2), O’ Donoghue K (1,2,3) (1) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Ireland; (2) Pregnancy Loss Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Ireland; (3) The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), University College Cork, Ireland. Background Compassionate bereavement care has been shown to enhance parental experiences. Communication skills are a key component

Building student midwives’ confidence to care for grieving parents: impact of participation in an education/training workshop in bereavement care

Barbara Coughlan
September 22, 2019
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Barbara Coughlan (1) Jean Doherty (2), Brenda Casey (2), Anne McMahon (1), Mary Brosnan (2), Lucille Sheehy (2), Barbara Lloyd (1), Theresa Barry (2), Sarah Cullen (2) (1) UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, (2) National Maternity Hospital Background: Supporting the growth of student Midwives’ confidence (bereavement support skills and knowledge) to provide bereavement care to parents following pregnancy loss and perinatal death. Background: A bespoke interactive one-day

Identifying the educational needs of staff in the provision of bereavement care in a tertiary maternity hospital in Ireland

Anna Maria Verling
September 21, 2019
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AM. Verling (1,2), T. O’Sullivan (1), I. San Lazaro Campillo (1,2), K. O’Donoghue (1,2,3) (1) Pregnancy Loss Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Ireland, (2) National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC), University College Cork, Ireland, (3) The Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research (INFANT), University College Cork, Ireland Background: Bereavement care is central to the provision of support in all maternity settings however, staff express fear and

Midwives training on perinatal grief

Gutiérrez Martín, Mª Jesús (1), Del Campo, Yolanda (2), Fernández García, Elena (3), Varona Iglesias, Soraya (4) (1) Academic Head of Midwifery Teaching Unit and Midwife, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, Spain (2) Midwife, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, Spain (3) Midwife, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain (4) Midwife, Hospital Comarcal de Laredo, Cantabria, Spain Introduction: The aim of this work is to value the perinatal grief theoretical and

Irish inquiry reports on pregnancy loss services: what recommendations on staffing and training?

Änne Helps (1,2,3), Sara Leitao (2), Laura O’Byrne (1), Richard Greene (2), Keelin O’Donoghue (1,3) 1) Pregnancy Loss Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Ireland, 2) National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC), University College Cork, Ireland, 3) The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), University College Cork, Ireland Background External inquiries are carried out following specific adverse maternal events and aim to identify issues in the

Applied drama techniques in obstetrics: a novel educational workshop for the management of stillbirth

K McNamara (1), A Smyth (2), B Shine (3), M Cregan (4), L Prihodova (2), A O’Shaughnessy (2), A Martin (3), J MacDonald (5), P Kingston (5), C Fitzpatrick (3,6), K O’Donoghue (1,7) 1. Pregnancy Loss Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, 2. Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. 3. The Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. 4. Feileacain, Stillbirth and