SMMDP Learning Resources and eLearning Modules

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Welcome to our dedicated resource hub for the midwifery workforce. Here, you will find a collection of SMMDP Learning Resources and eLearning Modules designed to support your professional development and enhance your skills. Explore our content to stay updated with the latest practices and advancements in midwifery.

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Obstetric Considerations for HCP

The SMMDP ‘Obstetric Considerations for Healthcare Providers (HCP) caring for pregnant or postnatal women out with a maternity setting’ resource is designed to support healthcare professionals who may be required care for pregnant and / or postnatal women in a non-maternity care setting.

This resource aims to provide basic guidance and considerations to ensure the well-being of both the mother and the baby in any environment.

The key message throughout the resource is “If there is anything that is worrying the woman or yourself, please contact the maternity team, they will always be available to support and advise you”.  

Captions and transcript are available by pressing the CC or transcript button on the video player screen.

Captions and transcript are available by pressing the CC or transcript button on the video player screen.

Taking a Bloodspot Sample
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Taking good quality blood spot samples in term babies is an important part of newborn health screening in Scotland. There tends to be a high uptake for newborn screening (99.7% of babies born in Scotland in 2023/2024 had a blood spot test performed). However, there is an increasing percentage of samples that are being rejected by the Scottish Newborn Screening Laboratory. 4% of all samples were rejected between 2023 and 2024. Rejections are due to errors in sample technique, for example, insufficient sample was retrieved and administration errors, for example, no CHI number was provided. 

The taking a blood spot sample resource will aim to improve practice and thereby reduce the number of avoidable repeat tests required within Scotland.

eLearning Modules

Scottish Routine Examination of the Newborn Course (SRENC) eLearning

eLearning for candidates who are attending an upcoming SRENC course, and for those who have attended a recent SRENC course. These resources may also be useful for midwives more generally.

The Midwifery Workforce and Education Review for Scotland - March 2021

Providing a series of recommendations, the Midwifery Workforce and Education Review for Scotland (commissioned by the Chief Nursing Officer Directorate of the Scottish Government, and published by NHS Education for Scotland), is a review of national midwifery workforce and pre-registration education requirements, to ensure that Scotland has the right midwifery workforce, in the right place, with the right skills and competencies to support current and future service reform and sustainability.

Additional Learning Resources

Additional Learning Resources and eLearning Modules are available at the WCYPF home page Women, Children, Young People and Families (WCYPF) Turas page, which cover the WCYPF multiprofessional workforce.