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Dr Kate Buchanan

Dr Kate Buchanan is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Midwifery at the ECU School of Nursing and Midwifery. She also holds an honorary Research Consultant position with the South Metropolitan maternity Health Service.

Background

Kate is a registered midwife with over 20 years of clinical experience in tertiary, rural midwifery and homebirth support settings. Kate has also worked for over six years in universities as a Midwifery Lecturer.

  • 2023- present Post Doctoral Research Fellow ( midwifery)
  • 2020 - 2023 Level B Midwifery Lecturer and course coordinator
  • 2018-2020 Sessional Nursing and Midwifery staff member
  • 2016 - 2021 Childbirth educator and perinatal mental health counsellor

Professional Associations

  • Nurse Education Today – Guest Editor for the student special 2024
  • ECU Low Risk and Negligible Risk Research Committee – School of Nursing and Midwifery 2024
  • ECU School of Nursing and Midwifery Research and Research Training Committee – member 2024
  • ECU Safe Quality Midwifery Care Research Group – School of Nursing and Midwifery – Research lead 2024
  • WA Midwifery Research Network – Secretary and Research hub lead – Midwifery role and scope 2024
  • Reviewer for three journals: Nurse Education Today, Midwifery and Nurse Ethics
  • Australian College of Midwives member

Awards and Recognition

  • VC international research collaboration award ($ 5000)

Research Areas and Interest

  • Midwifery philosophy and Midwifery ethics
  • Midwifery role in psychosocial care
  • Respectful, emotionally safe and trauma informed care
  • Feminist research
  • Implementation science

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