OM DENNE EPISODE
Series 17 - Episode 9: Educating Future Midwives
This week’s episode will feature two key presentations from the Midwifery Education Conference that took place earlier in the day at De Montfort University.
Nicky, former LME at the University of Hull and now a freelance Educationalist, will set out the challenges ahead and Angela will give an insight into the role of new technology in teaching.
Chair:
- Sue Macdonald, Midwifery Expert; Host and Curator, Maternity and Midwifery Festivals/Midwifery Hour, Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Trouble Ahead – Midwifery Education Overview
- Nicky Clark, Freelance Midwife Educationalist
Improving Patient Safety in Maternity Through Immersive Simulation Technology
- Angela Ayuk, Fetal Wellbeing Lead Midwife, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Nicky Clark
Nicky Clark is the Chair of the NMC Lead Midwife for Education Strategic reference group, which is an active stakeholder group for midwifery education across the UK.
She qualified as a registered general nurse in 1982 and as a midwife in 1986 and has been in midwifery education since 1990 working in several institutions. Nicky has been the Lead Midwife for Education at the University of Hull since 2008. She has undertaken many national and international external collaborations, working in the UK and across Europe and Asia providing expert advice on programme approvals in midwifery, and also undertaking institutional quality assurance reviews across the UK and Croatia. She is a NMC quality assurance visitor and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Nicky has been, and continues to be, actively involved at a strategic level in national developments within midwifery.
Nicky is extremely passionate about midwifery and is totally committed to ensuring quality and excellence in the education of all those who experience it.
Angela Ayuk
Angela is a strong professional with a demonstrated history of working in maternity care, clinical research and the charity retail industry. Skilled in Midwifery, project management, and research delivery.. Graduated from Oxford Brookes University.
