CTG monitoring is NOT mandatory: A request to writers

This is my regular reminder that CTG monitoring is a choice. Write like you believe this is true.
My thoughts and ideas
This is my regular reminder that CTG monitoring is a choice. Write like you believe this is true.
My wish list for new research about fetal monitoring in labour. @ProfJennyGamble
We expect that evidence based guidelines are written by people who can critically review and use evidence. Sometimes that’s not what happens though. Here’s an example….
Sometimes I like to write about ideas rather than research. Here is a collection of musings that might give you ideas too.
Medical indications exist somewhere on a spectrum between being written on tablets of stone, handed down to new doctors by a supreme being on a mountain top – to being completely made up on a whim. What happens when they are misused?
Measuring outcomes in fetal monitoring research: there’s more to it than at first glance.
Research findings linking poor outcomes with abnormal CTG patterns reinforce the message that CTG monitoring isn’t effective. Why aren’t we talking about it?
I write about the importance of language from time to time. Here’s a collection of all these thoughts in the one place.
I caught up with midwife and academic Liz McNeill recently. She hosts the Thru the Pinard podcast which aims to support midwives (and perhaps the occasional obstetrician even!) who are navigating the wonderful world of doctoral research. We talked about lots of things, including the importance of working with a great supervisory team and how important it is to never PhD alone. You can listen to our conversation here. Follow […]