15/04/2026
☄️ Introducing COMET
Our Collaborative Obstetric and Midwifery Education Trial.
☄️ Berth Geelong is thrilled to partner with ACU to launch an Australian-first trial researching our unique collaborative childbirth education model.
☄️ Existing literature consistently highlights the importance of providing reliable and evidence-based information to women and partners.
☄️A collaborative obstetrician-midwifery model of childbirth education represents an innovative approach. There is no current scientific literature exploring this unique model of childbirth education.
☄️ The aim of this study is to evaluate whether a collaboratively delivered obstetrician-midwifery childbirth education program meets the informational and emotional needs of prospective parents.
☄️ Women and partners attending childbirth education at Berth Geelong are invited to participate in the research, which involves surveys before and after classes, as well as following birth. Participation is anonymous and entirely voluntary.
☄️ Findings from this study may help inform the future design of evidence-based, empowering, multidisciplinary childbirth education programs in Australia.