UPCOMING EVENTS

PBB Media Presents an Evening with Rhea Dempsey, ‘Pain and Power in the Birth Room’ 
​Thursday 13 July 2023, 6.30-8.30pm
Conference Room, Level 1, Vali Byron Bay

PBB Presents Pain and Power in the Birth Room with Rhea Dempsey
Join Rhea and special guest Jerusha Sutton from Birth Time for a presentation and Q&A session based on themes from her new book. GAIN insights into pain issues and power dynamics during birth. Leave with KEYS to support birth intentions and protect the birth space.

​Rhea Dempsey: Birth Educator, Doula, Counsellor and Author of 'Beyond the Birth Plan: getting real about pain and power’ & ‘Birth with Confidence: savvy choices for normal birth’
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Tix: $18 (early bird until 6 July) / $20 and Follow the event on Facebook for updates and further deets.

Feedback from a recent PBB Talks event:  "A Close Look at Informed Consent" 

Images by Feather Touch Lifestyle Photography.
  • "It makes it clearer because it is one of those really hard arenas to negotiate when you're working with other clinicians who may not see it the same as you."
  • "It's a lot of food for thought."
  • "Very informative. I'm a midwifery student... really good to hear and not what we see a lot in practice as well... a lot to take into my future practice."
  • "It's reaffirming to hear there are strategies in place to try and combat these problems... it's about getting everyone on board... I wish .. this talk could go out further and wider."
  • "This has been an amazing day."
  • "I'm across Bec's research and always love hearing her speak."

What is consumer-centred care? Consumer or patient-centred care is health care that is respectful of, and responsive to, the preferences, needs and values of patients and consumers.

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare and NSQHS Standards:  Standard Two 

A meaningful way to engage with your local health consumers.

Partnering with Consumers is an important part of ensuring healthcare in Australia is safe and valid. Without meaningful engagement, health services risk operating in a bubble and will not be able to meet our high national standards of care. 

​"Patients need to be placed at the centre of their own care and the health care system more generally. In Australia, consumer-centred care is one of the three dimensions in the Australian Safety and Quality Framework for Health Care.  Partnerships with patients and consumers also form the basis of a range of national and state and territory health policies and programs."  - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare and NSQHS Standards:  Standard Two 

PBB Talks are a wonderful way for health consumers (people who access any healthcare) and maternity health consumers and clinicians to engage and connect on topics that are important to families in an environment that fosters communication, understanding, listening and learning - for everyone involved.

Systems that are based on partnering with patients in their own care are used to support the delivery of care. Patients are partners in their own care to the extent that they choose.

Standard Two - Partnering with Consumers.

The Innovative Cross-Pollination of Research and Knowledge

PBB Talks are innovative cross-pollinating events realising collective insights from experts, clinicians  and health consumers.  PBB Talks are specialty curated lectures/workshops for clinicians and consumers with audience engagement. These events are recorded for later release to wider audiences and are distinguished from our  weekly podcasts as they go into far greater detail (being approx. 2 hours in length) and provide the opportunity for clinicians to accrue CPD points.  Learn in a stimulating environment through consumer engagement and thoughtful consideration of research and dissemination.

​Highly recommended for established clinicians as well as students, researchers, healthcare providers and management, our events provide a unique consumer engagement opportunity. Sign up to our newsletter below to stay in touch for upcoming 2023 events. ​
​PREVIOUS EVENTS

PBB Talks with Dr Rachel Reed: Why Induction Matters 
Saturday 22 February 2020, 10:30-12:30 
PED Building, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, QLD.

PBB Talks with Dr Rachel Reed: Induction of Labour - the Latest Research
By popular demand, academic and author Dr Rachel Reed will present the latest research on the increasingly important topic of induction of labour. 
Around 1 in 4 women have their labour induced (1 in 3 in the UK and Australia). Dr Reed is Discipline Lead for Midwifery at USC and has practised midwifery in a range of models and settings in the United Kingdom and Australia, including midwifery group practice and private practice. Rachel is widely published and is a regular keynote speaker and the author of "Why Induction Matters".

PBB Talks with Dr Andrew Bisits: Breech of Confidence 
Saturday 2 November 2019, 10:30-12:30 
​PED Building, Gold Coast Univ Hospital, Southport, QLD.

​PBB Talks with Dr Andrew Bisits, Australia's leading expert in vaginal breech birth.
Dr Bisits is Conjoint Associate Professor in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the School of Women's & Children's Health at UNSW, Sydney and Medical Clinical Co-Director Of Maternity Services At The Royal Hospital For Women, Randwick in Sydney.
Dr Bisits has been in full time obstetrics for more than 30 years and has had a strong interest in breech birth since the term breech trial was first planned. He has participated in several initiatives to promote normal birth through helping establish primary midwifery care programs for pregnant women. Dr Bisits is on the Australian board of ALSO (advanced life support in obstetrics) and he co-ordinates the BABE (Becoming a breech expert) course through AMARE. At this event Dr Bisits spoke about the process of vaginal breech birth (VBB), planning and attending a VBB, and managing an undiagnosed VBB. Two women also shared their recent birth stories of successfully achieving a VBB.

PBB Talks with Dr Rachel Reed: Why Induction Matters 
Saturday 24 August 2019, 10:30-12:30 
​PED Building, Gold Coast Univ Hospital, Southport, QLD

PBB Talks with Dr Rachel Reed: Induction of Labour - the Risks and Benefits
At this event academic and author Dr Rachel Reed presented on the increasingly important topic of induction of labour. Around 1 in 4 women have their labour induced (1 in 3 in the UK and Australia). Dr Reed is Discipline Lead for Midwifery at USC and has practised midwifery in a range of models and settings in the United Kingdom and Australia, including midwifery group practice and private practice. Rachel is widely published and is a regular keynote speaker. ​

PBB Talks with Dr Bec Jenkinson: A Close Look at Informed Consent 

The event was held at Gold Coast University Hospital on 21 April 2018.  Dr Bec Jenkinson presented on informed decision making in maternity care before an audience of consumers and clinicians.  Two women, Cindy Lever and Helen Murray, also shared their stories of navigating the maternity care system to get the care they needed.
You can access our FREE four part podcast series from this event HERE.

PBB Talks with Bethan Townsend: Waterbirth for VBAC 

Once again we partnered with Gold Coast University Hospital and Griffith University on 10 November 2018 to present another PBB Talks, this time presenting PhD candidate and midwife Bethan Townsend's findings on women's experiences of water immersion for labour and birth for their Vaginal Births after Caesarean (VBAC). 
Waterbirth is not used in conventional obstetric practice for women seeking VBACs , yet in practice Bethan has found it increases women's chances of achieving a VBAC.  These positive outcomes have prompted Bethan to commence her PhD, and Bethan will be presenting her preliminary findings at this PBB Talk on 10 November at GCUH. Two women, ANNALISE BRADFORD and CAROLINE JACKSON also shared their experiences of VBAC in water - what worked for them, what they would differently if they had their time over, and more.
​BETHAN TOWNSEND is the Clinical Midwife Consultant at Gold Coast University Hospital and a PhD student.  She has practised midwifery in the UK, Abu Dhabi, and Queensland. Currently Bethan is working in the Midwifery group Practice and with the Midwifery Navigator team, assisting women with complex physical and social needs. Through her experiences with pregnant and birthing women, Bethan has developed a key interest in seeing the provision of continuity of care for all women, including supporting water immersion for labour and birth for women who have had previous c/sections.
DR KIRSTEN SMALL is a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist with experience in both the public and private sectors. She works as a lecturer at Griffith University and is currently completing a PhD on fetal monitoring. Kirsten's clinical work has focused on providing woman-centred care that supports physiological approaches to birth. ​​
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