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I am a senior lecturer in healthsciences (midwifery) at È«Ãñ²ÊƱ. I was LME from 2016 to 2022 and led on the development, approval and validation of the new midwifery programme at È«Ãñ²ÊƱ which commenced in September 2022.

My journey as a health care professional started in British Columbia, in Canada, where I trained as a nurse in the Fraser Valley. My area of expertise was in perinatal nursing. I then lived in Australia for two years and completed a MSc (Midwifery) at the Unviersity of Wollongong in NSW. I have worked in 4 different countries, including in the Arctic in Canada and in Central Australia. I also volunteered in West Africa as a nurse. I grew up in Scotland, and moved back to the UK, to live in Wales in 2004. I completed an 18 month Midwifery programme at È«Ãñ²ÊƱ in 2007, and worked as a midwife in North Wales until 2015 when I moved into full-time midwifery education.

Email: s.j.s.brown@bangor.ac.uk

• Other: Master of Research in Health and Social Care
  Manchester University, 2011–2013
• MSc
  University of Wollongong, 2003–2004
• BSc
  University of Wales, Bangor, 2005–2007
• 
  British Columbia Institute of Technology, 1994–2001
• Professional
  University College of the Fraser Valley, 1991–1993

I teach topics relating to midwifery at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and also contribute to interprofessional learning.

My particular area of expertise is supporting women to breastfeed, community midwifery, labour and birth, professional practice and quality assurance of midwifery education.

I supervise Masters students on MSc pathways within the school of healthcare sciences.

I completed a Master of Research at the University of Manchester in 2013.

My research project was "Women's Experiences of Cervical Ripening on an Antenatal Ward". This was a self funded project. 

I am a PhD student. Phase 1 of my PhD studies is a realist synthesis exploring what works to support students midwives to become accountable, autonomous, professional midwives.

2022

• Published
  Brown, S., Roberts, J. & Ford, E., Oct 2022, Maternity and Midwifery Forum.
  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

2021

• Published
  Roberts, S., Brown, S. & Roberts, S., Oct 2021, In: Midwifery. 101, 10 p., 103043.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• Published
  Brown, S. (Contributor), 3 Jul 2019, Welsh Government. 24 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• Published
  Kendall, S., Eida, T., Merritt, R., Burden, P., Thompson, K. (Contributor), Chucha, S. (Contributor), Phillips, H. (Contributor), Fox, S. (Contributor), Brown, S. (Contributor), Trickey, D. H. (Contributor), Warren, L. (Contributor), Jones, G. (Contributor), Brown, A. (Contributor), Entwistle, F. (Contributor), Jewell, K. (Contributor) & Thomas, C. (Contributor), 19 Jun 2019, 62 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2016

• Published
  Brown, S., 3 Nov 2016.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

2015

• Published
  Brown, S. J. & Furber, C. M., 24 Jun 2015, In: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare. 6, 4, p. 219-225
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• An online conference for student midwives in the UK

  I was asked to provide a presentation at this event.

  11 Jan 2023

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2022

• This conference focused on contemporary pressures for midwifery education in the UK

  3 Nov 2022

  Links:

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• We presented an 'elevator pitch' presentation outlining our concept based pedagogical approach for the new midwifery programme that has been approved and validated against the 2019 NMC Standards for midwifery education

  31 Mar 2022

  Links:

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

• I presented an 'elevator pitch' along with a colleague from Cardiff Universty to provide an overview of the Once for Wales midwifery practice assessment document (MPAD); tools to manage the challenges

  23 Mar 2022

  Links:

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

2017

• Working together to implement a Pre-qualifying skills passport in Wales: concurrent session

  18 Jun 2017 – 22 Jun 2017

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)