To Ruth Deery,
I am also a midwifery lecturer (at De Montfort University in Leicester)
about to go into my third year of a PhD. I have also just gone through the
transfer process from MPhil. Congratulations on your success. Perhaps we
could swap email addresses? I'm on [log in to unmask]
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> From: Ruth Deery <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Introduction
> Date: 14 July 1999 13:24
>
> 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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