Providing a dedicated learning environment for midwifery students to actively engage in all facets of midwifery was the impetus for establishing a Midwifery Education Centre located at St John of God Hospital in Subiaco.
A result of collaboration between The University of Notre Dame Australia and SJOGSH, the new centre was funded by the federal Government’s Health Workforce Australia.
Members of the Executive teams from Notre Dame and St John of God attended the blessing and official opening on September 6.
Fr Bryan Tiernan SAC blessed the building; former State Minister for Health, Mr Jim McGinty, Chair of Board of HWA, addressed the gathering.
The project involved remodelling an area within SJOG House opposite the main hospital, which now provides state-of-the-art equipment and teaching resources for students.
Curriculum is delivered by Notre Dame nursing and midwifery academics, and clinical midwifery coordinators from the SJOGSH.
“The purpose-built centre includes a lecture theatre, simulated birthing unit equipped with its own viewing window and virtual mother/fetus,” said Prof. Selma Alliex, Dean of UNDA’s School of Nursing and Midwifery.