I have been very privileged to have been nominated for the international Princess Srinagarinda Nursing and Midwifery Award this year with my two wonderful friends and colleagues, Deborah Davis and Annette Dalsgaard.
The nomination has been in recognition of the online work in midwifery education and continuing professional development we have been doing for the last eight years with the Virtual International Day of the Midwife (VIDM), and the Massive Open Online Course: Evidence-Based Midwifery Practice. Both of these initiatives were the first of its kind for midwifery, and in the case of VIDM, to my knowledge, in health.
We did not win the award, so it's just as well I didn't rush out and buy a posh frock. Nevertheless, it was a huge honour to have been nominated by the Danish Midwives Association. Annette, Deb and I have put in many, many volunteer hours over the years into these resources to make them freely available to midwives all over the world. So it was very gratifying to have our efforts recognised by a national midwifery organisation.
We couldn't have achieved what we have done without the help and support of so many other people who are equally as passionate about open learning and midwifery. And in particular, I am very grateful to the VIDM team who have worked with me over the years, and the speakers and participants of VIDM and the MOOC who have all freely given up their time.
I am equally as grateful to my family who have supported me over the years and haven't moaned too much about all the time I spend on the computer.
And of course, it goes without saying that Annette and Deborah have been wonderful to work with. It never fails to amaze me what we manage to achieve considering we live half way around the world from each other, and that we've only ever met face-to-face a couple of time.
Thank you.
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