This is not via the list, but personal,
I have set up a small moot at my house for midwives in the Hampshire area
looking for a bit of space to reflect get support and eat nice food, If you
wanted to include this in anything mail me... Happy to oblige
Love Andrya
>What an excellent idea this group is - a supportive forum for midwifery
>researchers - at last!
>
>I am a midwifery lecturer at the University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
>about to go into the third year of my PhD - in fact I have just
successfully
>converted (what a relief!). I am exploring ways in which midwives mobilise
>support for themselves. Initial individual interviews with midwives are
>showing that they have nowhere to take the 'emotional exhaustion' from the
>job. My approach is action research (very messy!) using unstructured
>interviews and focus groups to date. I have measured stress levels at the
>start of the project and intend to do this again early next year when I
>finish data collection. The research is exciting and fulfilling but very
>unpredictable. I have recently been awarded some funding from the West
>Yorkshire Education and Training Consortium so this is a great help.
>
>I was very interested to read Billie's introduction as it looks like we may
>be exploring similar issues in relation to emotions. Certainly hierarchy
>and sensitive power issues feature regularly in my research!
>Congratulations, by the way, on being awarded the Iolanthe Midwifery Trust
>Research Fellowship
>
>I look forward to future and discussions and talking with Billie
>
>Ruth Deery
>Department of Clinical & Health Sciences
>Division of Midwifery
>University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH
>Tel: (+44) (0) 1484 473526
>Fax: (+44) (0) 1484 472380
>
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