Transcript: ESW 2023 Year in Review Infographic
In 2023, the A-O-M expanded the E-S-W P-R-N (Emergency Skills Workshop On Demand) program to all midwives across the province, making E-S-W recertification more accessible.
Through E-S-W P-R-N, midwives request an E-S-W event in their community directly from an instructor. Almost two-thirds of midwives (62%) recertifying in the AOM’s E-S-W program in 2023, chose to recertify in their communities through E-S-W P-R-N.
E-S-W participation and E-S-W events
466 participants
124 events: 15 A-O-M-led E-S-Ws, 109 E-S-W P-R-Ns
“Overall excellent, comfortable, educational, respectful process from beginning to end…I am very proud of our E-S-W program.”
“I am very grateful that you listened to feedback and made E-S-W so accessible! Thank you!”
“Fantastic staying in my own community for E-S-W for the first time in 10 years.”
“Thank you for the care and attention put into this valuable program.”
E-S-W locations
A-O-M-led E-S-Ws: Mississauga: 2, Kitchener: 4, London: 2, Hamilton: 2, Toronto: 5
P-R-N locations: North: 19, East: 27, South East: 6, SC-TOR: 19, South West: 14, West: 24
External stakeholders
C-A-M members participants & instructors (English): 149
Ontario M-E-P students: 79
C-A-M members participants & instructors (French): 73
C-A-M M-E-P students: 23
E-S-W Connect
Did you know that the A-O-M has adapted E-S-W for northern, rural and/or remote hospitals? E-S-W Connect was developed to support interprofessional collaboration and knowledge exchange between midwives and interprofessional colleagues (such as nurses and physicians) in Northern, rural and/or remote communities across Ontario. Visit our webpage for more information on how to request E-S-W Connect for your hospital.
Paramedic Emergency Skills Program (P-E-S-P)
P-E-S-P manual has been updated! The second edition of the popular P-E-S-P manual was released in 2023. Midwives are training paramedics across Ontario in out-of-hospital emergency childbirth skills. For more information about the program, visit the P-E-S-P F-A-Q.
The A-O-M is committed to providing the most comprehensive and high-quality emergency skills workshop by continuing to work towards a current, relevant, equitable and sustainable E-S-W program into the future.