The 33rd International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Triennial Congress, is one of the largest international events in midwifery, attracting midwives from all over the world from over 80 countries. The 33rd triennial congress took place in Bali, Indonesia, from 11-14 June 2023, focussing on the theme of ‘Together again: from evidence to reality’
The RCM had eight oral presentations and one poster presented during the congress which available to view.
Birte Harlev Lam, The Re:Birth project: A consultation on a shared language for labour and birth in the UK
Mervi Jokinen, Global strategic directions for nursing and midwifery: can we build better together and transfer
evidence into reality in the European region?
Sally Ashton-May and Heather Bower, Midwifery degree apprenticeships: a model to improve retention in midwifery
Clare Livingstone, Caring for migrant women in maternity services
Janet Fyle, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Deinfibulation Skills Workshop using clinical photographs to diagnose
FGM Types and simulate repair techniques with a deinfibulation model (disclaimer this presentation contains graphic images)
Heather Bower, Decolonising the midwifery curriculum: Developing a decolonising midwifery education toolkit
using co-production
Joy Kemp, Evaluation of a five-year midwifery twinning partnership between Bangladesh and the UK
Lia Brigante, Midwifery-led settings provision in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of practice and
provision conducted by the Royal College of Midwives
Jenny Cunningham and Judith Field, Development and implementation of the RCM research and development strategy
For more information on the 33rd ICM Triennial Congress visit: www.midwives2023.org