Miss Geraldine Lucas

• Qualifications:MSc (Medical Education) BSc Hons Midwifery (First Class)
• Position:Lead Midwife for Education (LME) / Senior Midwifery Lecturer
• Department:HAS - Nursing and Midwifery
• Telephone:+4411732 88578

About me

I am the Lead Midwife for Education (LME) at UWE. I am part of the Lead Midwives' for Education strategic reference group.  I lead on the management and quality of UWE midwifery courses, ensuring compliance with professional regulatory standards.  I am also part of an Expert Reference Group for Midwifery. I am passionate about high quality learning and assessment. I am one of the leads in Public Partner Involvement. My focus includes delivering authentic learning experiences   with public partners, in order to enrich practice based care. I also support other programmes with implementation of public partner approaches. I lead on equality, diversity and inclusivity within the midwifery programme. I also lead on collaborative learning in practice (CLIP) model, and oversee the preparation of UWE students from nursing programmes.  

Area of expertise

I have a particular interest in learning disabilities.  In 2020/ 2021 I was a co-recipient of a Vice Chancellor's Award with Dr Clare Johnson, (ACE), Emma Douglas and Dr Sally Dowling to explore learning disabilities and infant feeding. This research activity is on-going.  I  attended the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritised Scientists (ABRCMS) as a judge in 2022. I supported students with feedback on developing their research interests.

My Masters dissertation focused on the clinical learning experiences of midwifery students who have dyslexia.

 I have project expertise and worked with a colleague to develop a portfolio of education to meet the Baby Friendly Breastfeeding Initiative (Stage One).

I have worked in collaboration with a neighbouring Trust to introduce Obstetric emergency simulation between medical students and midwifery students. This was awarded joint second prize at the British Journal of Midwifery Awards in (2013).  

In 2017, I was successfully appointed to join the Nigerian twinnning project, run by Women 4 Health and Save the Children. Having spent one year working on a collaborative project with a midwife lecturer form Nigeria, I went to Nigeria in June 2018 to present the recipricocal project. This was a shared collaboration, with the intention of supporting and enhancing U.K. and Nigerian  Midwifery education. 

 I have expertise in nursing and midwifery education in relation to sustainability. I have  led on sustainability objectives, and presented collaboratively on interdisciplinary education.    

I am a professional midwifery advocate (PMA). I support students through clinical supervision. I also act as a mentor for new academic staff. 

I work closely with service users to provide bereavement education and other authentic learning experiences. I also collaborate    with voluntary sector groups within the community. 

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