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SMNET & Colin Rees :: The Interview :: Midwifery research guru takes your questions!

Discussion in 'SMNET Announcements' started by Josie, Jun 2, 2011.

  • by Josie, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:33 AM
  • Josie Director of SMNET

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    Well, we really are spoiling you all now..... yet ANOTHER midwifery legend the super brain Colin Rees has answered your questions! Colin is a Lecturer at Cardiff Uni and is THE midwifery man to teach us all about research!

    For the newbies to midwifery Colin has saved many of us with his straightforward explanation of research in midwifery. I for one, have a very dog eared early edition of Introduction to Research for Midwives - but you can all get your hands on a sample chapter from the very latest edition!

    To read the sample chapter see here.

    To see the table of contents see here.

    For more information, to buy or review Introduction to Research for Midwives see here.

    (Don't forget to use your SMNET/Elsevier discount code!)

    I can personally strongly recommend this book as it will save your bacon when you start year 1 and then in year 2 and year 3!!

    Research and research methods is one of the constants in midwifery learning and you need to know the basics, need to understand the lingo and be able to sort your null hypotheses from your complex hypotheses and your phenomenology from your ethnography! The chapter on Literature Reviews and Ethics in Research are both must reads. Infact, the whole book is!

    I only brought one research methods book when I was a student and it was this one :)

    Colin has very kindly answered your questions in this thread - read on!

    Thanks to Colin for connecting with our members and also BIG thanks for helping us all with our research modules over the years!!
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Discussion in 'SMNET Announcements' started by Josie, Jun 2, 2011.

  1. Tesni
    Re: SMNET & Colin Rees :: The Interview :: Midwifery research guru takes your questio

    As a Sept 2011 starter to be I haven't got any coherent questions yet but I will be watching this keenly with pen and paper in hand - how exciting :)
  2. Lil Miss Sunshine
    Re: SMNET & Colin Rees :: The Interview :: Midwifery research guru takes your questio

    Wow, looking forward to reading more about him and his work. Cardiff too...that has to be good.
    Thank you Josie and Rob and everyone for arranging this!!
  3. Josie
    Re: SMNET & Colin Rees :: The Interview :: Midwifery research guru takes your questio

    I have a question for Colin.

    Why do we need to know about research in midwifery?
  4. Lil Miss Sunshine
    Re: SMNET & Colin Rees :: The Interview :: Midwifery research guru takes your questio

    Hi Colin,

    I have some questions too and am sure i'll think of more.

    What are the ethical issues faced in midwifery research?

    How can midwives communicate awareness of ethical issues in their day to day working life to provide a better service to the women they care for?

    I have just completed my research project and wish I had seen this before handing it in.
    Thank you in advance.
  5. Lil Miss Sunshine
    Re: SMNET & Colin Rees :: The Interview :: Midwifery research guru takes your questio

    How can the optimum sample group be determined for a specific piece of research and what factors should be taken into account?

    When midwifery studies are carried out, what determines the time frame where the study must be completed and does it depend on the research topic? Is this time frame predetermined or subject to change?
  6. GrowingRoses
    Re: SMNET & Colin Rees :: The Interview :: Midwifery research guru takes your questio

    Wow, how brilliant! I'm going to get my thinking cap on and come up with some answers. We've just completed our evidenced practice module so this will really help to consolidate my learning!
  7. whatagem
    Re: SMNET & Colin Rees :: The Interview :: Midwifery research guru takes your questio

    Hey :) I am looking forward to reading the interview, but i am wondering if any of you ladies could help me as i am still new to all this and do not start my training until september!

    So basically I have worked for clinical trials before (oncology) and just doing administration and although I learnt alot about research in some ways I still feel lost as to what research people do into midwifery area. With oncology alot of research was into the use of new drugs and treatments and the general study of peoples development of the disease (and alot more things but nothing I really no or understand if honest) but with midwifery what areas of research will be carried out/ or is currently being carried out? I would imagine you couldnt experiment with new drugs etc as i doubt this would be very ethical or that women would even volunteer.

    Would research basically be simply on factors that have naturally occurred during pregnancy? and consolidated in to figures? I feel completely at a loss really? :?
  8. whatagem
    Re: SMNET & Colin Rees :: The Interview :: Midwifery research guru takes your questio

    I have read into eating disorders and pregnancy and that was clearly a study carried out so although a subject will change will the general idea of research around midwifery basically be around learning more from actual experiences and occurances? Rather than actual experimentation?
  9. MrsMadwife
    Re: SMNET & Colin Rees :: The Interview :: Midwifery research guru takes your questio

    Probably a really boring question, but what was his path into research and what advice would you give to someone wanting to get into the research side of midwifery?

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