Prof Lois McKellar's Outputs (3)

A public e-survey to explore community understanding of the role of the midwife in Australia (2019)
Journal Article
McKellar, L., Brown, A., & Adelson, P. (2019). A public e-survey to explore community understanding of the role of the midwife in Australia. European Journal of Midwifery, 3, https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/114226

Introduction:
There is compelling evidence that when a woman sees the same midwife there are better outcomes. Yet in Australia, access to midwifery continuity of care remains limited. There are a number of reasons for this but one barrier appears to... Read More about A public e-survey to explore community understanding of the role of the midwife in Australia.

Shared decision aids in pregnancy care: A scoping review (2019)
Journal Article
Kennedy, K., Adelson, P., Fleet, J., Steen, M., McKellar, L., Eckert, M., & Peters, M. D. J. (2020). Shared decision aids in pregnancy care: A scoping review. Midwifery, 81, Article 102589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2019.102589

Background
Shared decision making in pregnancy, labour, and birth is vital to woman-centred care and despite strong evidence for the effectiveness of shared decision making in pregnancy care, practical uptake has been slow.

Design and Aim
This s... Read More about Shared decision aids in pregnancy care: A scoping review.

Simulation in midwifery education: A descriptive explorative study exploring students’ knowledge, confidence and skills in the care of the preterm neonate (2019)
Journal Article
Stoodley, C., McKellar, L., Steen, M., & Fleet, J. (2020). Simulation in midwifery education: A descriptive explorative study exploring students’ knowledge, confidence and skills in the care of the preterm neonate. Nurse Education in Practice, 42, Article 102635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2019.102635

Undergraduate midwifery programs across Australia have embedded simulation into their curriculum although there is limited but emerging evidence to support the use of simulation as an effective teaching strategy. The purpose of this study was to eval... Read More about Simulation in midwifery education: A descriptive explorative study exploring students’ knowledge, confidence and skills in the care of the preterm neonate.