Courses
In–house training/ formal /informal training
Each Maternity 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 a comprehensive list of what is available throughout in all the Maternity hospitals. For further information on each course please contact the individual 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
Credits Nil
Annual Bereavement Study Day for student midwives (undergrad & postgrad)
Venue Rotunda Hospital/ Coombe/ NMH
Credits Nil
Bi- annual bereavement induction for NCHDs (January and July) and updates as required
Venue Various Hospitals
Credits Nil
Annual Bereavement Study Day for student PHNs
Venue Rotunda Hospital
Credits Nil
Targeted departmental Bereavement updates on the wards
Venue Various Hospitals
Credits Nil
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 (presently on hold with the potential of returning)
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 (presently on hold with the potential of return)
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 (ULMH)
Credits Certificate of Attendance
Various self- care modules
Venue The Irish childhood bereavement network
Credits Certificate of Attendance
Regular Conferences/Meetings Attended
The list below has been compiled from the International meetings/ Conferences, particular to Perinatal Bereavement care that members of the Bereavement teams in all the Maternity 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
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 3 times per year)
RCOG Association of Early Pregnancy Units (annual meeting)
NWIHP Annual Clinical Forum
Irish Childrens Palliative Care Conference (every 2 years)
Society Maternal & Fetal Medicine (annual meeting)
International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis (annual meeting)
MBRACE 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.
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 NUIG
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