Programme Workshops and Support Meetings 2008

The graduate midwife introductory workshop (8 hours) will take graduate midwives through the Programme requirements, their responsibilities to the Programme and their mentor, the differences between mentoring, preceptoring and clinical supervision, mentoring in practice, negotiating relationships, and how communication and learning styles influence and impact on reflective practice and critical thinking.

The 2008 graduate midwife workshops are regional - two in Auckland and one each in Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

The dates are as per the table below. Attendance at an introductory workshop is compulsory and is funded by the MFYP Programme. Graduate midwives are expected to attend the workshop that is closest to where they live (the graduate midwife funding packages are based this). Please plan and arrange either locum / practice cover or request leave from your employer for this date.

Mentor Development Workshops and Support Meetings 2008

(For mentors new to the Programme in 2008)

Mentor midwives who are new to the Programme are required to attend a 2-day mentor development workshop. This workshop takes mentors through each of the Programme components and their role in relation to those, the various templates that the graduate and mentors have to complete, mentorship in practice, negotiating relationships, how communication and learning styles influence and impact on reflective practice and critical thinking, and opportunities to give and receive feedback.

Two 1-day mentor support meetings provide mentors with an opportunity to describe, explore and reflect on their role as a mentor and the realities of mentoring in practice.

The mentor midwife workshops and support meetings are regional - two in Auckland and one each in Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch. The dates are as per the table below. Attendance at the mentor development workshop and support meetings is compulsory and is funded by the MFYP Programme. Mentor midwives are expected to attend the workshop and support meetings that are closest to where they live (the mentor midwife funding packages are based this). Please plan and arrange either locum / practice cover or request leave from your employer for these dates.

Mentor Update Workshops in 2008

(For mentors who also participated in 2007)

Mentors from 2007 who are participating in 2008 are required to attend a one day update workshop and two 1-day mentor support meetings (these will be a joint meeting with mentors new to the Programme in 2008). The update workshops are regional - one each in Auckland and Christchurch.

The support meetings will be meetings are two in Auckland and one each in Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch. The dates are as per the table below. Mentor midwives returning in 2008 are expected to attend the workshop that is closest to where they live (the mentor midwife funding packages are based on this). Please plan and arrange either locum / practice cover or request leave from your employer for this date.