Dr Bergman
Speaker and talks information
Dr Bergman’s passion starts with “skin-to-skin contact”, his preferred term for what many people call Kangaroo Care. Dr Bergman regards maternal-infant skin-to-skin contact as a first and critical intervention in perinatology, with broad public health impacts and implications. His expertise extends to developmental neuroscience, breastfeeding, neonatology and obstetrics. He takes an integrated view of these areas, regarding skin-to-skin contact as the neurological pre-requisite to successful breastfeeding, with neonatal and obstetric care re-orienting its purpose to maintaining the integrity of the mother-infant dyad. This holistic view he terms “Kangaroo Mother Care”. He was however previously a hospital manager, and is currently a Public Health Physician, and sees these issues in the broader context of hospitals, health systems and society as whole.
On the following pages is a compilation of talks he is able to provide.
Note however:
1 They are described by titles which seeks to convey the content succinctly, but cover broad areas of collated research..
2 Though they are presented here as standard talks, they are constantly changing and developing as new science and knowledge is available.
3 The detailed content for each talk is described in outlines and abstracts with references, and provided in this document.
4 Dr Bergman will of his own make minor adjustments and tailor his presentation to any specific conference theme or title, or to perceived or observed needs.
5 Dr Bergman is prepared to give other talks, or tailor make content according to particular needs, by special arrangement as negotiated.
6 Dr Bergman can also provide Powerpoint summaries of his talks in “handout mode”, note however that he never gives exactly the same talk twice, therefore these handouts will not accurately match his presentation.
(A selection of slides on CD is available with a DVD of videos
distributed by Geddes Productions.)
7 Audiences should be encouraged to follow the presentation without reference to handouts or making notes, as Dr Bergman talks too fast for that. J
The talks are grouped according to the time made available.
A For single presentations titles and times are as indicated.
B For two time slots: content and communication objectives are expanded, but the hypothesis is built up from basic building blocks covered in shorter versions. Conclusions are tailored to conference theme and context.
C For several consecutive talks, or for workshops, the first two talks are similar but NOT the same as for B, with the implications expanded in third or fourth sessions. For these there is a choice depending on the needs of the context and objectives of the meeting. Dr Bergman does not like giving these choices as stand alone, as the arguments in them are based on novel concepts presented in earlier talks.
D Other “consulting” services.
Dr Bergman - Talks overview page
Topics and available talks
A Single “stand alone” talks
“Perinatal neuroscience and skin-to-skin contact”
A1 Grand Round (GR for doctors): 45 minutes, plus time for questions
"Perinatal neuroscience and skin-to-skin contact”
A2 60 minute version
A3 90 minute version
"Kangaroo Mother Care: Restoring the Original Paradigm for Infant Care"
A4 60 minute version
A5 90 minute version
A6 120 minute version
B Split two part presentations
"Perinatal neuroscience and skin-to-skin contact"
B1. 60 minute version
B2 90 minute version
“Kangaroo Mother Care: Restoring the Original Paradigm for Infant Care"
B3. 60 minute version
B4 90 minute version
C Workshops or similar
Obligatory foundation
"Perinatal neuroscience and skin-to-skin contact"
C1. 60 minute version
C2 90 minute version
“Kangaroo Mother Care: Restoring the Original Paradigm for Infant Care"
C3. 60 minute version
C4 90 minute version
Alternative sessions
“A neurobehavioural approach to breastfeeding”, (incl’ breastfeeding premature infants)
C5. 60 minutes
C6 90 minutes
“Public health implementation of skin-to-skin contact”
C7 60 minutes
C8 90 minutes
C9 120 minutes
These four sessions make a standard whole day workshop, but can exchange from the following:
“Clinical research update on skin-to-skin contact”
C10 60 minutes
“Maternal perinatal neurobehaviour”
C11 60 minutes
“The Past, Present and Future of KMC”
C12 60 minutes
“Breastfeeding and breastmilk contents”
C13 60 minutes
“Anthropological and biological aspects of skin-to-skin contact”
C14 60 minutes
“Third World realities for premature infants and breastfeeding”
C15 60 minutes
“Neurologically supportive Labour ward and NICU environments”
C16 60 minutes
“The sociological and spiritual implications of Kangaroo Mother Care”
C17 60 minutes
D Other “consulting services”
“Demonstration of KangaCarrier” in NICU or SCBU with consenting mother-infant dyad
D1 60 – 120 minutes
“Discussion and Review of Unit Skin-to-Skin Protocol”
D2 60 – 90 minutes
“Implementation workshop”
D3 3 – 8 hours
“Centre of Excellence exploration” (separate proposal available)
D4 2 - 3 days
“Centre of Excellence commitment” (separate proposal available)
D5 2 - 3 weeks per year.
Dr Bergman is also available on a consulting basis for Services wishing to implement or improve their practice in any way, or planning new physical infrastructure appropriate to the latest developmental neuroscience.