All Outputs (3)

Evaluating a standardised clinical assessment tool for pre-registration midwifery students: A cross-sectional survey of midwifery students and midwives in Australia (2015)
Journal Article
Morrow, J., Biggs, L., Stelfox, S., Phillips, D., McKellar, L., & McLachlan, H. (2016). Evaluating a standardised clinical assessment tool for pre-registration midwifery students: A cross-sectional survey of midwifery students and midwives in Australia. W

Background Assessment of clinical competence is a core component of midwifery education. Clinical assessment tools have been developed to help increase consistency and overcome subjectivity of assessment. Aim The study had two main aims. The fir... Read More about Evaluating a standardised clinical assessment tool for pre-registration midwifery students: A cross-sectional survey of midwifery students and midwives in Australia.

We're all in this together: Midwifery student peer mentoring (2015)
Journal Article
McKellar, L., & Kempster, C. (2017). We're all in this together: Midwifery student peer mentoring. Nurse Education in Practice, 24, 112-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2015.08.014

Many higher education institutions have adopted mentoring programs for students as a means of providing support, improve learning and enhance the student experience. The aim of this project was to improve midwifery students experience by offering a p... Read More about We're all in this together: Midwifery student peer mentoring.

Documenting risk: A comparison of policy and information pamphlets for using epidural or water in labour (2015)
Journal Article
Newnham, E. C., McKellar, L. V., & Pincombe, J. I. (2015). Documenting risk: A comparison of policy and information pamphlets for using epidural or water in labour. Women and Birth, 28(3), 221-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2015.01.012

Background Approximately 30% of Australian women use epidural analgesia for pain relief in labour, and its use is increasing. While epidural analgesia is considered a safe option from an anaesthetic point of view, its use transfers a labouring woman... Read More about Documenting risk: A comparison of policy and information pamphlets for using epidural or water in labour.