International Guidelines
United States
ACOG
Canada
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
WHO
World Health Organisation
Courses
In–house training
Each maternity unit/hospital manages its own staff education programme in conjunction with the local Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Units. The list hereunder is an overview of what is usually available throughout in all the maternity units/hospitals. For further information on each course please contact the individual units/hospitals.
Compassionate Care in Perinatal Bereavement
Venue University Maternity Hospital Limerick
Credits NMBI- 7 CEUs
Annual Bereavement Study Day for midwives & HCAs
Venue Rotunda Hospital/ Coombe/ NMH
Annual Bereavement Study Day for student midwives (undergrad & postgrad)
Venue Rotunda Hospital/ Coombe/ NMH
Bi- annual bereavement induction for NCHDs (January and July) and updates as required
Venue Various Hospitals
Annual Bereavement Study Day for student PHNs
Venue Rotunda Hospital
Targeted departmental Bereavement updates on the wards
Venue Various Hospitals
Annual Perinatal Palliative care study day
Venue Rotunda Hospital
Credits 6 CEU’s and 6 CPD Credits
Weekly Fetal Medicine meetings
Venue Various Hospitals
Credits As per hospital policy
Monthly Perinatal Mortality Meetings
Venue Various Hospitals
Credits As per hospital policy
On site clinical teaching with mentors/ clinical supervisors
Venue Various Hospitals
Credits As per hospital policy
Bereavement Care in Maternity Services: Key issues for Midwives and Nurses
Venue NMH & UCD
Credits NMBI- 4 CEUs
Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep -NILMDTS
Venue CMS in conjunction with NILMDTS
Credits Certificate of Attendance
GP training Programme- session on perinatal loss
Venue GP training Programme
Credits Requirement of GP training programme
Caring for a child with life limiting conditions (Level A & Level B).
Venue Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin
Credits Level A 6 CEU’S NMBI Category 1
Level B- 35 NMBI CEU’S and UCD credited- 5ECTS Credits
Caring for neonate with Life limiting conditions (Level A).
Venue Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin
Credits NMBI Category 1 and 6 CEU’S credits
European certificate in Essential Palliative Care
Venue Our Lady’s Hospice and Care Services and online.
Credits NMBI- 35 CEUs
RCSI- 50CPD points/ ECTS 15
Bereavement Care Study Day
Venue Kilkenny Maternity Hospital
Credits NMBI Category 1 approval
Memory Making Workshops
Venue Feileacain
Credits Certificate of Attendance
Mindfulness and self- compassion program
Venue Learning to Exhale (UMHL)
Credits Certificate of Attendance
TEARDROP – Teaching, Excellent, pArent, peRinatal, Deaths-related, inteRactions, tO, Professionals
Venue Pregnancy Loss Research Group
Credits RCPI; NMBI
Various self-care modules
Venue The Irish Childhood Bereavement Network
Credits Certificate of Attendance
Conferences/Meetings
The list below has been compiled from the international meetings/conferences, particular to perinatal bereavement care that members of the bereavement teams in maternity units/hospitals have attended
International Conference on Palliative Care
Venue Palliative Care McGill University, Montreal, Canada
NPEC Annual Study day on Perinatal Mortality
Venue National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre, Cork
American Society for Reproductive Medicine (annual meeting)
Screening Expectations:
The impact on women and professionals of advances in antenatal screening
Venue ARC – Antenatal Results & Choices
IHF Maternity and Neonatal Hospice Friendly Hospitals Network Seminar (bi-annually)
Venue IHF
British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society (annual meeting)
International Stillbirth Alliance (meet every 2 years)
International Society for the Study and Prevention of Perinatal and Infant Death (meet every 2 years)
RCPI IOG (meetings 2 times per year)
Association of Early Pregnancy Units (annual meeting)
NWIHP Annual Clinical Forum
Irish Childrens Palliative Care Conference (every 2 years)
Society for Maternal & Fetal Medicine (annual meeting)
International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis (annual meeting)
MBRRACE Annual Report Meeting
The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (annual meeting)
Star Legacy Stillbirth Foundation (Annual meeting)
Society for Social Medicine & Population Health (Annual Meeting)
National/International Courses
These courses are Continuous Professional Courses/Modules offered in conjunction with professional organisations who deal with Perinatal Bereavement or Obstetrics.
An Approach to Caring and Coping
Provider RCPI / Abbey Theatre
Credit Mandatory for all SpRs in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Overview of Loss and Bereavement
Provider IHF
Credit NMBI – 6CEUs
IASW CPD
Supporting Bereaved People
Provider IHF
Credit NMBI – 6CEUs
IASW CPD
Children and loss
Provider IHF
Credit NMBI – 6CEUs
IASW CPD
Grief in the workplace; Providing effective support to grieving employees
Provider IHF
Credit NMBI – 6CEUs
IASW CPD
Delivering Bad News
Provider IHF
Credit NMBI – 4 CEUs
Improving Perinatal Mortality Review and Outcomes via Education, (IMPROVE Workshop)
Provider Perinatal Society of Australia & New Zealand
Credit Certificate of Attendance
Bereavement workshop – Infertility and loss
Provider IHF
Credit NMBI – 6 CEUs
IASW CPD
Dealing with loss (Maternity Setting)
Provider IHF
Credit Certificate of Attendance
NMBI accreditation being sought
Exploring the Relationship between Culture, Religion and Bereavement
Provider IHF
Credit NMBI – 6 CEUs
IASW CPD
Death at the time of Birth – Supporting Parents through the Journey of Perinatal Loss
Provider IHF
Credit NMBI – 6 CEUs
IASW CPD
Complicated Grief: How to Recognise it and How to Treat it
Provider IHF
Credit NMBI – 6 CEUs
IASW CPD
Exploring Spirituality at End of Life
Provider IHF
Credit NMBI – 6 CEUs
IASW CPD
Facilitating Delivering Bad News
Provider IHF
Credit NMBI – 7 CEUs
Grief at Work for Managers (workshop)
Provider IHF
Credit Certificate of Attendance
NMBI accreditation being sought
Staying Well At Work
Provider IHF
Credit NMBI – 3.5 CEUs
Lost For Words – Words For Loss
Provider IHF- ONLINE
Credit Certificate of Completion
Working With Loss
Provider IHF- ONLINE
Credit Certificate of Completion
Resilience Training for Maternity Healthcare Professionals
Provider Baby Lifeline
Credit 6 CPD credits
Formative/University Courses
These are formal University Courses with an academic award on successful exit of the course.
MSc Loss & Bereavement AND MSc Loss & Bereavement (Counselling)
Provider IHF & RCSI
Credit Level 9- 90 ECTS credits
Professional Cert Children & Loss
Provider IHF & RCSI
Credit Level 9- 90 ECTS credits
Master/Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences (Childrens Palliative/Complex Care)
Provider University of Galway
Credit Level 9- MSc 90 credits
P. Grad Dip 60 ECTS credits
Palliative Care (M.Sc. / P.Grad. Dip.)
Provider Trinity College Dublin
Credit Level 9: MSc- 90 ECTS credits
P. Graduate Dip- 60 ECTS credits
Graduate Certificate Palliative Care
Provider University College Dublin
Credit Level 9: 30 ECTS credits (Can only be completed if you have a Diploma/Masters degree)
Graduate Diploma Palliative Care
Provider University College Dublin
Credit Level 9: 60 ECTS credits
MSc Palliative Care
Provider University College Dublin
Credit Level 9: 60 ECTS credits
Continuous Professional Education module in Perinatal Bereavement and Loss
Provider University of Limerick
Credit Level 9: 60 ECTS credits
Irish Perinatal Research Centres
Irish Perinatal Research Centres
National PerinatalEpidemiology Centre
Contact Anu Research Centre,Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 5th Floor,Cork University Maternity Hospital,Wilton, Cork
The Irish Centre forFetal and Neonatal Translational Research(INFANT)
Contact Cork University Maternity Hospital Wilton, Cork
Pregnancy Loss Research Group, UCC
Contact Cork University Maternity Hospital Wilton, Cork
UCD Perinatal Research Centre
Contact UCD School of Medicine, University College Dublin,National Maternity Hospital 65-66 Lower Mount Street , Dublin 2
Health Research Board Mother and Baby Clinical Trial Network
Contact Rotunda Hospital,Dublin 1
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, UCC
Contact 5th Floor, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Wilton, Cork
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, UCD
Contact UCD Health Sciences Centre,Bellfield, Dublin 4
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, TCD
Contact Trinity College Dublin,College Green, Dublin 2
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, NUIG
Contact National University of Ireland,Galway, University Road, Galway
School of Nursing & Midwifery, UCC
Contact Brookfield Health Sciences Complex,College Road, Cork
School of Nursing & Midwifery, UCD
Contact UCD Health Sciences Centre,Bellfield, Dublin 4
School of Nursing & Midwifery, TCD
Contact Trinity College Dublin,College Green, Dublin 2
School of Nursing & Midwifery, NUIG
Contact National University of Ireland,Galway, University Road, Galway
Staff Support Contacts
Staff Support Contacts
HSE Coaching Service
HSE Coaching Service Guide
HSE Employee Assistance and Counselling Service
HSE Corporate Employee Relations Services (CERS) and Employee Relations Advisory Assurance Services
HSE, Occupational Health Team
HSE Health & Safety
HSE Staff Engagement
HSE Diversity & Inclusion
HSE Workplace Health and Wellbeing Unit
RCPI Physician Wellbeing