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School of Health & Social Care, Bournemouth University
Open Research Seminar
PEARLS: A National Clinical Quality Improvement Study to Enhance the Assessment and Managemnet of Perineal Trauma
Debra Bick RM, BA (Hons), MMedSc, PhD.
Professor of Evidence Based Midwifery Practice, King's College, London
Wednesday 10th December, 2008
11.30am -12.20 pm, Room RLH 207, Bournemouth University
Please note the earlier start time to accommodate the HSC end of term luncheon.
You are cordially invited to the above lunch time seminar which is one of a regular series (normally 1-1.50pm every 2nd Wednesday of the month) of research seminars open to all. Please feel free to bring your lunch.
Abstract
Around 85% of women who have vaginal birth sustain perineal trauma, three-quarters of whom require suturing. Perineal pain is highly associated with perineal trauma and can impact on maternal physical and psychological well-being. There is large variation in practice and longer-term management is unlikely to be based on evidence of effectiveness. Quality improvement studies usually reflect a traditional audit cycle, with capture of local baseline data and feedback of results with limited potential to minimise bias or capture process outcomes. This presentation will describe an innovative two-stage national clinical quality improvement programme to enhance and sustain evidence-based management of perineal trauma. PEARLS is funded by The Health Foundation and includes representation from Royal Colleges, academic centres, NHS Trusts and service users.
Biography
Prior to my appointment at King's College in September 2008, I was Professor of Midwifery and Women's Health at Thames Valley University. My previous appointments were at the Royal College of Nursing, where I headed a national guideline development programme, and the University of Birmingham where I worked on several large RCTs to examine the impact of interventions during and after birth on maternal physical and psychological morbidity.
My research interests include postnatal health, the organisation of maternity services and approaches to evidence synthesis and transfer to enhance maternal and infant health. I was a member of the postnatal sub-group of the NSF for Children, Young People and Maternity Services (DoH 2004) and Clinical Advisor on the NICE postnatal care guideline (NICE 2006).
I am Editor-in-Chief of 'Midwifery: An International Journal', an international editorial board member of several journals, Visiting Professor at the University of Sao Paulo and Bournemouth University and was Visiting Fellow at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide in July 2008.
Current research projects include the Hospital to Home postnatal care study and a UK-wide matched pair cluster RCT of a training intervention to enhance midwifery and obstetric management of perineal trauma. I am co-investigator on an NIHR funded trial of opiates for pain relief during labour and two recently completed NIHR SDO projects which assessed impact on use of protocols and pathways to enhance use of evidence to support practice and impact on decision making.
Apologies for cross posting.
I hope that you can make it
Kath
Dr Kath Ryan
Reader in Maternal & Perinatal Research
School of Health and Social Care (HSC)
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Dr Kath Ryan
Reader in Maternal & Perinatal Research
School of Health and Social Care (HSC)
Royal London House
Christchurch Road
Bournemouth University BH1 3LT
UK
Phone: +44 (0)1202 962182
Fax +44 (0) 1202 962194
Mobile 07738 140436
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