About the Place of Birth programme
‘Discussing Place of Birth Options with Healthy Low-risk Women’, and ‘Becoming a Place of Birth Lead’ are elearning sessions developed by midwives, for midwives, to support women in their birth place decisions. They are also suitable for others working with pregnant women, such as obstetricians, maternity support workers and GPs.
The first session aims to ensure that midwives (and other professionals) have the essential knowledge about safety, intervention and transfer rates for different birth place options.
The second session is for midwives who have completed the first session, and agreed with their manager to become ‘Place of Birth Leads’ in their team, to support their colleagues in improving their place of birth discussions with women.
This programme is the result of a collaboration between midwives at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, researchers from the University of Birmingham and the Royal College of Midwives, and supported by funding from the NIHR CLAHRC programme. All the supporting materials for this programme have been written by subject specialists and experts in this field.
Meet the team
Scott Mountifield
Project Manager, HEE elearning for healthcare
Prof. Sara Kenyon
Project Lead, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham
Dr. Beck Taylor
Project Lead, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham
Lia Brigante
Quality & Standards Advisor, The Royal College of Midwives
Leanne Hargreaves
Stakeholder Officer, HEE elearning for healthcare
Laura Goodwin
Project Lead, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham
Alice Denham
Lead Learning Designer, HEE elearning for healthcare
How to access
In order to access the Place of Birth programme, you will need an elfh account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below.
To view the Place of Birth programme, select the View button below. If you already have an account with elfh, you will also be able to login and enrol on the programme from the View button.
Not an NHS organisation?
If you are not an NHS health or care organisation and therefore do not qualify for free access elfh Hub, you may be able to access the service by creating an OpenAthens account.
To check whether or not you qualify for free access via OpenAthens, you can view the eligibility criteria and register on the ‘OpenAthens’ portal.
Registering large numbers of users
If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the Place of Birth programme, please contact elfh directly.
Organisations wishing to use their own LMS
For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact elfh directly to express interest.
More information
Please select the following link for more information on how to use the elfh Hub.