The College has been working to update our student engagement plan. One of our strategic priorities is building engagement and fostering trust with the public and the profession. We see improving our engagement with students as a crucial element of achieving this priority.
Our goal is to make sure that applicants and new registrants understand the College, our role, and their responsibilities to the public.
New Tools for Engagement
Following the surveys we conducted for students, faculty and preceptors, and new midwives in their first three years of practice, we have a better understanding of the tools for engagement we should be using. Here are some of the tools we will be using going forward:
Recorded videos and webinars.
All audiences would like recorded webinars videos to review in their own time. The College currently has plans to be more targeted with our webinars and should consider these three audiences when planning future webinars. We piloted this approach with the webinars for the changes to the Designated Drugs and Substances Regulation, where we held one of our webinars for faculty and preceptors specifically.
Dedicated space on the website.
We also heard that dedicated space on the website would be valuable to students and new registrants. The College is actively working to launch a new registrant centre on our website, and is considering dedicated spaces for students and faculty and preceptors.
Guides and FAQ documents.
New midwives would like to see guiding documents from the College. We are working to launch an email series for new registrants in their first year of practice to promote existing College resources with new midwives who may not have come across our materials before.
Classroom visits.
Those who are currently engaged in the education programs (i.e., faculty, preceptors, and students) would like to see classroom visits continue. We are looking to improve upon these annual visits and demonstrate to students that their relationship to the College will be broader than annual registration and quality assurance reports – that our standards and guiding documents relate to their practice on a day-to-day basis.
Get In Touch
If you are a midwifery student, faculty member, preceptor, or a new midwife with feedback to give us on how we engage with students please feel welcome to email us at cmo@cmo.on.ca with your thoughts and suggestions.