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Quality Improvement

… Better Outcomes Registry and Network (BORN) supports research, such as that on the safety of home birth and critical analysis of practice group outcomes (e.g., caesarean section or breastfeeding … and Risk Management Committee reviews this report . Regular emergency skills training for the home and birth centre settings prepares midwives for rare emergencies (i.e., the AOM’s Emergency …

Ontarians recognize the value of midwives to clients, families and the health-care system

… health system. Last year, 26 000 families received midwifery care, accounting for 20% of all births in the province. Midwives bring value to the health system in many ways, including by … of excellent care both in hospital and in the community, with choice to give birth in their home or in a hospital or birth centre. Clients in midwifery care who choose a hospital birth can … Lauren emphasized that midwifery provided "exceptional care, including postpartum support at home – something I couldn't imagine going without." Another client, Lindsey Bruce, valued the …

Checklist for New Midwifery Practice Groups (MPGs)

… (coverage within the MPG, support from neighbouring MPGs or nursing backup for hospital births). See AOM template protocol under “Midwives Safety.”  Develop practice protocols and … leasing and renovating a clinic can take time. Consider a unit in a professional building, a home zoned for business use, or a shared space with other care providers. If the MPG plans to … to build its caseload by taking clients into care and offering antenatal visits in a client’s home or in an alternate practice location (e.g., another MPG, hospital). Determine the MPG’s …

Transitioning to Practice

… For example, some rural practice groups use this kind of a policy to fairly share hospital and home births and assign clients to midwives that live in the same part of a geographically large … line has received calls from midwives in practice groups where compensation is tied directly to births attended. This may result in a midwife who is leaving the practice not being compensated …

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario orders government to end gender pay gap for midwives

… setting practices. Once implemented, the orders will work to ensure midwives no longer take home substantially less compensation because our work is so deeply associated with women. The … are considered equally competent by government as providers of low-risk care for pregnancy and birth.” Elizabeth Brandeis. “The tribunal has spoken, the way forward is clear. The time has …
  • pay equity

President Jasmin Tecson – PPE, pandemic pay and pay equity

… no wonder our secret lives might vary too. These days mine includes trying to stay active with home workouts to Dr Seuss rapped to Dr Dre. The beats are really fun and energizing. Fox in … by the clients. But as much as midwifery drains me, it also fills me up. Sharing the path of birthing parents, supporting their discovery of how strong they really are, the infinite … sustain us, particularly in such upended times. For my midwife peers, I wish efficient smooth births, a good sleep and tasty nutritious food after. I wish for the time when they can give and …

Midwives - Champions of Reproductive Justice, Victims of Gender Penalty

… feminist tenet that no laws should restrict the ability to access reproductive health services; birth control; STI/HIV/AIDS testing, care and prevention; sex education; and, of course, access … justice. In Canada, calls for abortion access and care with dignity during pregnancy and birth were taken up by the feminist movement. Just a little over two decades ago, the profession … actualize and advocate for people’s right to choice. A midwife will follow a person to home, birth centre or hospital, depending on where they want to give birth, and provide the same …
  • pay equity

Indigenous Midwifery Charts New Path for Healthy Beginnings at Summit

… schools of medicine”. Midwifery is an antidote to these traumatic processes.  Midwifery returns birth to communities and supports family connection by providing culturally appropriate and primary care close to home,” says Ellen Blais, Director of Indigenous Midwifery at the AOM. Today, some thirty Indigenous midwives are engaged in the profound work of returning birth to their people. These passionate midwives are transforming health and they will gather in …

Infection Prevention & Control

… , September 2024 (PDF, 449 KB) Public Health Ontario, Infection Prevention and Control for Home and Community Care . January 2025 (PDF, 1357 KB) Public Health Ontario,  Best practices for … switch to disposable instruments. Doe says the disposable stainless steel instruments come in a birth kit that includes a pad to go under the client and a blanket and hat for the baby. … lidded plastic tub that can be used to catch and contain the placenta. The new disposable birth kits are bulkier than the ones the midwives used to carry, but after six weeks of using …
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Midwives are key constituents – how to build bridges with your Member of Provincial Parliament

… such as the pool, the improvement of broadband internet access, the support for funding address homelessness, environmental work of the Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve. I also appreciate your … of the Community Paramedicine program which is supporting seniors and other patients to stay at home and yet have access to regular monitoring by essential healthcare professionals. Judy’s … rotation coverage at WPSHC and being the primary care providers for approximately 40% of the births. We work with the nurses to ensure they are able to keep their valuable skills up to …

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