Dr Anna Maria Brown

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