Programme
You are invited to register your participation for this one-day workshop. The workshop is being organised by the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee and supported by the Ministry of Health.LOCATION
Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre58 Waipuna Road, Mt Wellington, Auckland9.00am to 5.00pm Wednesday 18 November 2009For the Waipiuna Hotel website and how to get there Click Here
REGISTRATION COSTS
Earlybird registration (if registered and paid by October 2nd, 2009) – $105Late Registration (applies from October 3rd, 2009) – $130KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Professor Jeremy Oats is a medical professional with a strong commitment to babies and families. He is currently Clinical Director, Women's Services, Royal Women's Hospital. He is actively involved with the Royal Australasian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He is also a Medical Committee member of Bonnie Babies Foundation, helping to save babies lives and counsel families through the hardship of miscarriage. Jeremy is the Chair of the Victorian Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity.Professor Lesley Barclay (AO PhD) is the Professor and Director of the Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health for Sydney University. Lesley is a midwife and maternal child health researcher and health system reformer whose projects have improved maternity services in remote and urban Australia and internationally. Much of her recent research has been rural, remote or indigenous focused. She was awarded an AO in 2004 in recognition of her contribution to professional and international development and child health.PROGRAMME TOPICS
– New Zealand PMMRC statistics
– A midwifery perspective of New Zealand data
– Why small babies die more often
– Improving our smoking cessation approaches
– Measuring perinatal and maternal morbidity
– Support for family and clinicians
– Management of obstetric emergencies
For further information contact:
PMMRC Secretariat: Phone (04) 470 8773