Get everything you need to be a brilliant and rebellious Midwife
Nurse Midwife, Labor & Delivery Nurse, or Obstetrician
Join a supportive community of other rebels standing up against the dominant medical authoritative knowledge and replacing it with evidence-based practices.
Are you frustrated by policy-based care that:
- Poorly equips women
- Provides minimal education
- Submits to medicalised authoritative knowledge
- Is fragmented and broken
- Is disrespectful
- Has strict time restraints
You are not alone. The Assembly is a community working together to provide women-centred care.
The Assembly Difference
The Assembly is a place where everyone is a rebel. Everyone is looking to provide evidence-based care that is woman centred and not policy driven.
It is a place of like-minded practitioners coming together with a crafts-woman's mindset. Determined to become the best we can be in order to make the changes we know are needed.
CONNECTION
Feel at home with like-minded Midwives sharing stories, and skills.
CONFIDENCE
Feel confident in the advice and decisions you make to support women.
TRANSFORMATION
Change your practice and impact other Midwives as you apply what you learn in your context.
Hi, I'm Mel
I knew the system was broken since my first year as a student midwife back in 2008. The hospital was policy dominated and research was not used to inform practice.
I'm a rebellious Midwife because dedicated to providing evidence-based maternity care. I am a Dr of Midwifery and I am on a mission to help Midwives all over the world to be part of the change needed at the grassroots of maternity care.
It's time to rebel and be a part of the change instead of the system.
Join The Assembly
How The Assembly Works
The Assembly is an online community... BUT it's NOT a chat room or forum.
We meet 3 times a month in live online rooms in order to learn, grow, refresh, support, debrief, and vent.
You can ask and answer questions, submit and discuss case studies, as well as engage in the VaJournal Club diving into research.
Once you sign up you can access everything, including the huge Netflix style data base of previous case studies, Q&A's and VaJournal discussions.
CHOOSE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
Sign up by selecting the subscription model that best suits you. From as little as $6.35/wk
LOG IN TO THE COMMUNITY
Log in to the community watch a video, join a live session, and add the calendar.
BE THE CHANGE
Apply what you learn in your context and become part of the change needed in maternity care
Why The Assembly?
We know that you want to be a brilliant care provider and give evidence-based woman-centred care. In order to do that, you need to learn the research, surround yourself with a like-minded community, and be supported to enact change.
The problem is most maternity care systems promote medicalised fear-based policy-centred care, which makes you feel frustrated and mentally exhausted as you move between supporting the women and fulfilling your obligations to your employer.
We believe evidence-based woman-centred care is possible and worth the effort. We understand how current authoritative knowledge and those who promote it over-power and at times abuse women in the maternity system, which is why we are assembling the rebels. To stand up against this kind of maternity care.
Here is how we do it. Firstly, we attract and educate Midwives who know that something is not right with current maternity care. Then we grow our power by gathering a community of other rebels who can share wisdom, stories and rebellious skills. Finally, we hone our Midwifery and care skills so we become so good they can't ignore us. This results in real systemic change.
So, join the assembly of rebellious Midwives. Stop going it alone and join a movement towards change... one Midwife at a time.
What's included
Monthly Live Case Study sessions
Each month you can submit your own case study to be explored with your peers, live during a group call, or attend the call for your own learning.
Monthly Live VaJournal Club
Once a month we read through a recent journal article and then get together to discuss the article, what we have learnt and how we might apply it. Lynelle Moran is the creator and Hostess of VaJournal club in the assembly.
Monthly live Q&A sessions with Mel and other likeminded midwives from around the world
Bring your questions to the collective wisdom of over 200 rebel midwives, labor & delivery nurses, and obstetricians. Here we learn from each other and excel in our professions.
Netflix Style bank of case study reviews and topical discussions
All the live sessions are recorded and made available in a Netflix style video data base. Access all previous case study sessions and other live sessions.
