Shahnaz Shahid, of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, has won a competitive grant to present her research at the Triennial Congress of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) in Toronto, Canada.
Ms Shahid’s application for the ICM’s Safe Motherhood Fund was judged to be among the best from over 200 entries. The fund support midwives whose academic work displays “leadership potential” and the potential to turn knowledge into action.
The grant enabled Ms Shahid to present two papers at the event. Her first presentation explored the reasons why women prefer to give birth at home or at a birthing center rather than in a hospital, and the qualities they seek from skilled midwives. Her analysis showed that women, who had given birth in the past and were classified as low-risk, preferred an out-of-hospital birth. This is because they felt comfortable in the presence of midwives and didn’t feel the need to be admitted to a hospital for their delivery.
Her second presentation was an evaluation of Pakistan’s first undergraduate degree in midwifery, launched at AKU in 2013. The study assessed students’ opinions about their course and suggested ways to further strengthen the programme.
Speaking about her experience at the conference, Ms Shahid said: “At the ICM conference, I met many midwives from many different countries who have experience in conducting out-of-hospital births, and in teaching advanced midwifery programmes. It was great to learn about the skills they found to be valuable in their countries and I look forward to incorporating these lessons into my own projects.”
The ICM represents over half a million midwifery practitioners around the world and has formal ties with 113 national midwifery associations. The organisation hosts a global conference every three years and its Safe Motherhood Fund supports practicing midwives to participate in the event.
Shahnaz Shahid, of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, has won a competitive grant to present her research at the Triennial Congress of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) in Toronto, Canada.
Ms Shahid’s application for the ICM’s Safe Motherhood Fund was judged to be among the best from over 200 entries. The fund support midwives whose academic work displays “leadership potential” and the potential to turn knowledge into action.
The grant enabled Ms Shahid to present two papers at the event. Her first presentation explored the reasons why women prefer to give birth at home or at a birthing center rather than in a hospital, and the qualities they seek from skilled midwives. Her analysis showed that women, who had given birth in the past and were classified as low-risk, preferred an out-of-hospital birth. This is because they felt comfortable in the presence of midwives and didn’t feel the need to be admitted to a hospital for their delivery.
Her second presentation was an evaluation of Pakistan’s first undergraduate degree in midwifery, launched at AKU in 2013. The study assessed students’ opinions about their course and suggested ways to further strengthen the programme.
Speaking about her experience at the conference, Ms Shahid said: “At the ICM conference, I met many midwives from many different countries who have experience in conducting out-of-hospital births, and in teaching advanced midwifery programmes. It was great to learn about the skills they found to be valuable in their countries and I look forward to incorporating these lessons into my own projects.”
The ICM represents over half a million midwifery practitioners around the world and has formal ties with 113 national midwifery associations. The organisation hosts a global conference every three years and its Safe Motherhood Fund supports practicing midwives to participate in the event.