UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems

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Ms Anne McMahon MA MPhil

Biography:

Research Interests

Research plans:

Ph.D. registration (January 2012), School of History and Archives, UCD.

Title: Midwifery and Maternity Care in Ireland, 1890-1970 .

Research project: invited by the Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Manchester, to provide the section on historical regulation of midwifery in Ireland (North and South). This is part of a project on midwifery and nursing history, commissioned by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, UK. Project outputs will be published as an e-book in 2012.

Independent research project commenced May 2011: An oral history of teachers of midwifery in the Republic of Ireland (c. 1976-1998), and their role in maintaining the identity of midwifery as a distinct profession.

Other research interests: hospitals in medieval Ireland, public health in 19th and 20th century Ireland; women and philantrophy ; meditation, spirituality and health; art history, especially medieval manuscript illumination; medieval Butler family Earls of Ormond, especially the family of James, 4th Earl of Ormond, and their involvement in the Wars of the Roses.

Book Chapters

McMahon, A.; (2005) 'Regulating Midwives: The role of the RCPI' In: Care to Remember: Nursing and Midwifery in Ireland. Cork: Mercier Press. [Details]

Committees

Committee : Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Committee

Committee : Undergraduate Programme Board

Committee : Midwifery Programme Steering Group

Committee : Higher Diploma in Midwifery Curriculum Development Committee

Committee : Student Education Committee, National Maternity Hospital

Employment

Employer: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems
Position: Lecturer in Midwifery

Employer: National Maternity Hospital Holles St.
Position: Midwifery Tutor

Employer: Rotunda Hospital, Dublin.
Position: Registered Midwife

Education

Year 2000 Institution: University College Dublin
Qualification: MA Subject:

Languages

Latin:

French:

Reviews

Nursing History Review: Reviewer.

External Collaborators

Involved as member of a group coordinated by the Centre for Nursing and Midwifery History, University of Manchester. The project team is researching the professional regulation of midwifery and nursing in Britain and Ireland. I have been invited to write the section on the historical legislation regulating midwives in Ireland (North and South). The project is commissioned by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, UK.

Collaborators: Prof. C. Hallett (Univeristy of Manchester), Dr. A.Nuttall 9Univeristy of Edinburgh), Dr. J. Allotey (University of Manchester), Dr. T. McIntosh (University of Nottingham), Dr. Lindsey Reid (independent scholar-Scotland)

Teaching Interests

Module co-ordinator : Physiology and Psychology for Midwifery Practice
                              Midwifery Practice part A:midwifery care for women in the
                              antenatal period and during labour (10 credit module).
                              Midwifery Practice part B: Midwifery care for postnatal women,
                              and for the well newborn infant (10 credit module).
                              Complication in pregnancy and childbirth, parts A and B
                              (10 credit module).
                              Complications in pregnancy and Childbirth, part C.
                              Promoting Normal Birth.
                              Professional Midwifery Practice (10 credit module)
                              Clinical Midwifery Modules X 4

Teaching interests: midwifery history; professional regulation; meditation, spirituality and healthcare; lactation and breastfeeding; midwifery care for women with complex labours and births; emergencies in midwifery practice.