Skilled Heartfelt Midwifery Practice Episode 5

In this podcast, Dr Claire Feeley explores the concept of skilled heartfelt midwifery practice, the subject of her latest book- defined as the integration of a midwife’s attitudes, beliefs and philosophy in support of women’s autonomy, aligned with values of relational care and expert clinical skills. This podcast series follows her recent book with five key episodes attending to each chapter.

Today’s episode, the last of this series, brings together skilled heartfelt practice to consider what midwives need to practice this way. Drawing on the ASSET model that was derived from the findings this episode outlines the model, before drawing the series to a close:

A – autonomy/ Access, assess and apply evidence-based medicine

S - Skills, skill development

S- Systems approach, support

E- empathy and compassion

T -Trusting relationships