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This interprofessional, simulation-based education program is designed for clinicians working in Level 2 to Level 4 maternity services.
It meets the requirements of Focus Area 1: Multidisciplinary Maternity Emergency Training under the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority (VMIA) Incentivising Better Patient Safety (IBPS) program. The program is currently delivered face-to-face.
Clinicians can consult with experienced Clinical Midwifery Educators to tailor the program to meet the specific needs of their service.
Program inclusions
- Multidisciplinary clinical simulation training
- Cord prolapse
- Maternal collapse (including resuscitative hysterotomy)
- Maternal sepsis
- Obstetric anaesthetic emergencies
- Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia
- Postpartum haemorrhage
- Shoulder dystocia
- Twin birth
- Uterine inversion
- Vaginal breech birth
- Teamwork resource management
- Clinical skills stations (selected by service – see below)
- Understanding escalation pathways
- Quality and safety discussion and report
Clinical skills stations include (but are not limited to)
- Artificial rupture of membranes
- Cord prolapse
- Episiotomy
- Fetal scalp electrode application
- Maternal collapse (ABLS)
- Maternal sepsis
- Postpartum haemorrhage (medication management)
- Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia (magnesium sulphate administration)
- Shoulder dystocia
- Speculum examination
- Uterine inversion
- Vaginal breech birth
- Vaginal examination
Alternative learning modules are available on request.
Contact MSEP
Phone: (03) 8345 3920
Email: msep@thewomens.org.au