EXPLORING MIDWIFERY CAREERS
5 Talks
Becoming a midwife will open the door to other roles and responsibilities over time. This box set illustrates some of the different directions in which midwives have progressed. The aim of the set is to show the opportunities some have taken over their career path.
Research cameo: the end of one journey, beginning of the next
2015 | 23 mins | Exploring Midwifery Careers
Dr Bernie Divall, previously, Research Fellow in maternity care, University of Nottingham shares her journey to the role she has at this time coming from her PhD around midwifery leadership. She explains how the data from the PhD mirrored her personal experiences. She discusses particularly the transition process and assimilation into different roles.
Dr Bernie Divall, Research Fellow in Maternity Care, University of Nottingham
The journey to Call the Midwife
2016 | 31 mins | Exploring Midwifery Careers
The BBC Call the Midwife TV series is highly acclaimed globally for the historical storylines and representation of the midwife’s role. Behind the realism is the advisor Terri Coates, lecturer, writer and clinical editor. She shares her journey from being a nurse and midwife to studying midwives in literature. Her work prompted Jennifer Worth to write her story which became the TV series. Terri shows her role and the meticulous detail involved in the programme.
Terri Coates, Midwifery Advisor, Call the Midwife
Meet the Author of ‘Hard Pushed’
2021 | 27 mins | Exploring Midwifery Careers
Recorded during the covid pandemic, Leah Hazard, midwife and author, talks about her story as a midwife and as an author. She reflects on what was happening during the pandemic and why she became a writer and launched a podcast. It includes discussion and answering of questions.
Leah Hazard, Midwife and Author
Life Histories
2020 | 41 mins | Exploring Midwifery Careers
Gillian Smith MBE DUniv, retired Director of RCM Scotland, explores her life history from being a nurse, to her midwifery education in Dundee, to her roles in the RCM. She shares some stories of her experience as a midwife in different places in Oman and her different travels with the RCM and her work on bullying in maternity services. Gillian also points to the charities she is involved in.
Gillian Smith MBE DUniv, retired Director of RCM Scotland
Breaking through despite the odds
2019 | 38 mins | Exploring Midwifery Careers
In this talk Professor Dame Elizabeth N Anionwu DBE CBE, Emeritus Professor of Nursing, University of West London, talks about her memoirs, ‘Dreams from my mother’. She relates her tales from care through to her nursing career, onwards into a short period in midwifery and then Health Visiting. She explains her involvement with improving Sickle cell care and raising awareness of the work of Mary Seacole. She is also Patron, Sickle Cell Society and Vice-President, CPHVA.
Professor Dame Elizabeth N Anionwu DBE CBE, Emeritus Professor of Nursing, University of West London
