1. Endurance, Commitment, Creativity and Future
August 2017
Sarah Humphrey
2014 ECCF Fellow
Community Midwife, NHS Grampian
Lecture in Midwifery, the Robert Gordon University
My ECCF Journey
Endurance, Commitment, Creativity and Future

2. Endurance: a shaky start
Understanding action learning
Mentorship challenges
Research project and supervision challenges
Feeling stranded
Support from 2013 & fellows, ALS, new mentor, new supervision team

3. Commitment: getting going on two levels
Refining my research question and methodology
Challenges and getting started
Opportunities to develop leadership potential
Shadowing
Clinical guideline development
Trying to take a lead!

4. Creativity: in research and practice
Searching for creativity and innovation in my clinical work
Disappointment and non recognition of aims of Fellow
Trying to find a balance
Research and Thesis
“The Self within the Profession and Culture: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Exploration of Midwives’ Engagement in Continuous Professional Development”

5. Research and findings A Phenomenological Question Context
What is the lived experience of engaging in CPD for midwives and what does this mean?
Context
Revalidation, challenging working environment, end of statutory supervision
Philosophy and methodology
Hermeneutic phenomenology
Method
Data collection, crafting stories, analysis
Findings
3 themes and their sub themes
Recommendations
For midwives, employers & facilitators

6. Future: ECCF springboard
Clinical Academic Career (lots of links)
Future academic career
Lecturer in Midwifery/Practice Education Lecturer
Future clinical career
Leadership activities & ALS learning
Implementation of The Best Start
Future research career – PhD

7. Summary: what ECCF has meant to me
Early
Endurance
Clinical
Commitment
Career
Creativity
Fellowship
Future

8. Thank you