Dr Anna Maria Brown
Tutor (Midwifery)
Qualifications: PhD, MSc, SRN, RM, PGCEA
Email: am.brown@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: Work: 01483 68 4621
Room no: DK 05
Office hours
Monday - Friday 9.00 - 5.30 pm by appointment only
Further information
Biography
Team Midwifery Sister ‘G’ Grade (1996 – 2000
Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospital Foundation Trust as a caseload midwife on the midwifery lead unit and as a community midwife
Midwifery Sister ‘F’ Grade (1994 -1995)
Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospital Foundation Trust as team midwife on the consultant unit
Staff Midwife ‘E’ Grade (1993 – 1995)
Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospital Foundation Trust as team midwife on the consultant unit
Bank Staff Midwife (1987 – 1993)
Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospital Foundation Trust as bank midwife on the Special Care Baby Unit
Staff Midwife/ Nurse (1984-1985)
BMI Princess Margaret Hospital- Windsor, Berks- Private patient care
Midwifery Training in Midwifery School Windsor (1982-1984)
Theatre Staff Nurse (1981-1982)
Queen Victoria Hospital , East Grinstead, West Sussex as theatre staff nurse in Oro-facial and burns plastic surgery
General Staff Nurse (Mar1 981-Dec 1981)
Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospital Foundation Trust as team staff nurse on the cardio- thoracic medical ward.
Research Interests
Double award- Iolanthe Trust Award & the Dame Rosalind Paget Award 2010/11 for post-doctoral research:
Teaching & Assessing Empathy & Sensitivity on Labour Wards across the South Coast of the UK: an action research project to determine assessment strategies for “helping skills” in clinical practice.
British Council funding(£16,106) for 2011: Consultancy role with Hawler University to set up a BSc Midwifery Programme in Iraq: DeLPHe project
PhD (2006)The effectiveness of Enquiry Based Teaching and Learning Strategies:
A triangular outcome evaluation of a new midwifery curriculum at the University of Surrey
(Funded by the University of Surrey)
MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice in Midwifery (1996)
A philosophy of Midwife Led Care and Continuity- Who Benefits Women or Midwives?
(Funded by Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust)
Currently negotiating bids and research proposal with Biomedical Dept and H& SC- RCT on Zinc supplementation for Postnatal Depression
Publications
• Brown, AM. (2012) Assessment strategies for teaching empathy, intuition and sensitivity on the labour ward. Evidence Based Midwifery 10(2): 64-70
• McDonald, S., Allan, H. & Brown, AM. (2012) Perceptions of changing practice in the examination of the newborn, from holistic to opportunistic. British Journal of Midwifery (Nov) 20(11):786-791. (PhD student)
• Shibli-Kometiani, M. & Brown, Am (2012) father’s experience accompanying labour and birth. British Journal of Midwifery 20(5): 339-344. (MSc student)
• Warriner, S., Bryan, K. & Brown, AM (2013) Women’s attitudes towards the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) in Pregnancy. British Journal of Midwifery(in press) (PhD student)
• Brown, AM (2012) Responding to Unprofessional Practice In Ethics, Law and Professional Issues (Eds Gallagher, A & Hodge, S.) London: Palgrave MacMillan Ch 8:125-142
• Boutabba M & Brown AM (2007) An experience of Enquiry Based Learning
TECHNC 4 (1) : 16-20
• Brown Am (2003) Foucauldian Perspectives on Midwifery Practice and Education
Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice 6 (1) : 1-17
Teaching
Module leader for:
a) Normal Midwifery Practice (BSc L1 Sept 2008- 2011)
b) Essential Midwifery Practice (BSc L1 Sept 12)
c) Wider Issues in Midwifery (BSc Level 3 June09 & Sept 08 till present)
d) Broader Context of Midwifery (BSc L3 Sept 12 & June 12)
e) Examination of the Newborn (Post reg –Level 3 Jan 2004 - present)
f) Advanced Assessment of the Newborn (Post-reg MSc level Jan 2008- present
Departmental Duties
Pathway Leader for MSc Midwifery Advanced Practice & Post Registration (2010-present)
• Responsible for all midwifery students on post-registration courses
• Former Director of Studies for Pre-Registration Midwifery Programmes (2005-2010)
Midwifery link tutor for BSc Midwifery Programmes (2000- present)
• Responsible for 3 year and 18 months degree midwifery programmes (St. Peter’s Hospital)
Degree–Sept10 -Sept 12
Degree (Shortened) June 12
Liaison tutor for post registration midwifery students – all trusts
Personal Tutor Currently Total = 16 BSc students, 7 Level 3 & 7 MSc post-registration
Dissertation Supervisor- 5 BSc ( 3 year ), 2 BSc ( 78 wks), 2 MSc, 1 PhD
Assessor/ Mentor Workshops for Professional Update at SP Hospital- MWs
Practice Learning Steering Group 2008- present
APEL Group 2010- present
Midwifery Curriculum Development Team in preparation for validation of programmes Dec 2006 – present
OSCE group (2012- present)
Internal University Membership
• Pre registration Integrated Board of Studies
• Pre Registration Examination Board
• Programme Management Team (Pre- registration Nursing and Midwifery)
• Framework Management Team (Post- registration Nursing and Midwifery)
• Programme Management Team & Boards of Studies ( PhD & D. Clin. Practice)
• Midwifery Professional Development Unit
• Maureen Wilson & Ted Adams Awards Panel
External Activities
• External Examiner for Pre-Registration Midwifery programmes, University of Stirling, Scotland (2007-2011)
• External Examiner for Post-Registration Midwifery programmes, University of Stirling, Scotland (2011-2013)
Affiliations
Research Supervision to date
Supervision of BSc (Short/ Long Programmes) Midwifery Students Dissertations 2001- present (4-6 per annum)
Supervision of 15 MSc Midwifery 2002 - present
Co supervisor of 1 PhD student 2008- awarded, 1 PhD student 2009- on-going
Member of the Royal College of Midwives and involved with the NMC to update Standards to Support Learning & Teaching in Practice (2008)
Conferences- 2012
Midwifery Conference- Nazareth Hospital, Israel 20.6.2012 Nazareth Hospital, Israel
Conference for Education & Research in Midwifery- 7-8.9.2012 Nottingham University (Poster presentation to disseminate research results of post doctoral project)
Doctoral Midwifery Research Society Conference - 16.2.2012CityUniversity London
Chaired
Transfer process to PhD for Nutritional Sciences Division 2009 x1 student
