BACKGROUND:
Guidelines encourage routine enquiry about the experience of violence in antenatal care. Lack of training and the sensitive nature of this enquiry have been identified as barriers into implementing this practice.

OBJECTIVES:
To develop and test a video-based workshop on enquiring about violence in antenatal care.

METHODS:
Twenty-one authentic consultations were recorded in which the midwife enquired about violence. Following conversation analysis (CA) four communicative dilemmas were identified: 1. How to prepare for asking the questions on violence: 2. How to ask the actual questions; 3. How to respond to a "no" answer and 4. How to respond to a "yes" answer. These formed the base for the workshop, which was piloted among experienced midwives prior to being held with midwifery students. Students provided an oral and written evaluation.

RESULTS:
A total of 25 students participated in the workshop which started with a lecture, followed by viewing of anonymized videos on each of the dilemmas which were reflected upon in pairs and in plenum. The workshop lasted six academic hours. Twenty-one students provided an evaluation. Free responses showed that students appreciated the authenticity of the videos, the structure of the workshop and the opportunity to reflect. They wished for more examples and longer videos. Almost all students expressed feeling more secure in how to approach the topic, an increased awareness of how questions can lead to a no response and how to create the opportunity for disclosure and how to inform about safety and support services.

CONCLUSIONS:
The workshop provided an effective way of teaching and training midwives on communicative skills on how to enquire about violence in antenatal care.

KEY MESSAGE:
The use of evidence-based content about what is (in)effective in midwife-woman interaction accompanied by actual interactional materials provides an innovative and rigorous way to train midwives in the delicate matter of asking about violence. Poster session 3 (Group B)