University News Last updated 28 June 2011
Developments in the care of newborn babies will be under the spotlight at a conference being held at Birmingham City University.
The University’s Faculty of Health is holding its second annual conference on the Examination of the Newborn. This year’s event, which takes place on Thursday 30 June at the City South Campus, Edgbaston, will concentrate on cardiovascular and respiratory conditions that affect newborn babies.
The purpose of the conference is to update health workers who carry out detailed newborn and six week neonatal examinations including midwives, nurses, advanced neonatal nurse practitioners, health visitors and doctors.
Speakers will discuss topics including cardiac problems in the newborn, parental voice in the recognition of coronary heart disease, pulse oximetry as a screening test for congenital heart defects in newborn infants, and midwives and the newborn examination – the reality and the ideal. There will be workshops on cardiac and respiratory examinations, hip examinations and eye examinations. Following last year’s conference more than 80 healthcare professionals are already registered.
The Faculty of Health’s School of Nursing and Midwifery boasts outstanding employability and student satisfaction rates. One hundred per cent of Paediatric Nursing and Midwifery graduates entered employment or further study after completing their course and over 90% of students said they were happy with their programme of study. The School has professional accreditation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) making graduates eligible to register with the NMC. Students are provided with excellent learning & teaching facilities such as a birthing area and a suite of skills and simulation rooms. Students spend up to half the duration of their programme on variety of community and hospital placements to ensure they develop practical knowledge and skills vital to gaining employment.