Sarah McNamara
Public and Allied Health
Faculty of Health
Email: S.McNamara@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 4380
I am a registered midwife, and Senior Midwifery Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). My teaching encompasses all areas and levels of the pre-registration midwifery curriculum, and I am an enthusiastic supporter of new and innovative methods of teaching and assessing, including those that utilise technology to enhance learning. I regularly engage in inter-professional teaching and learning with nursing, paramedic and health visitor students. I have been appointed an External Examiner at Birmingham City University, and prior to this, Coventry University.
I am currently studying on the Doctor of Education (EdD) programme at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). My areas of interest include health inequalities in maternity care, racial and unconscious bias, and decolonisation of midwifery curricular. As part of my research, I will be exploring the racial literacy of pre-registration student midwives in the UK.
Degrees
University of Salford, United Kingdom, MSc Midwifery
University of Chester, United Kingdom, DipHe Midwifery
Academic appointments
External Examiner BSc Midwifery, Birmingham City University, 2022 - present
External Examiner, Coventry University, 2020 - 2023
Senior Midwifery Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, 2017 - present
Postgraduate training
NIPE Practitioner, United Kingdom, Liverpool John Moores University, ? - present
Approved Midwife Teacher, United Kingdom, Nursing & Midwifery Council, ? - present
Professional Midwifery Advocate, United Kingdom, UCLAN, ? - present
PGCertLTHE, United Kingdom, Liverpool John Moores University, ? - present
Journal article
Jennings S. 2012. Delivering Hattie...A Personal Experience The Practising Midwife, 2 :31-33
Jennings S. The Road was never going to be easy RCM Ezine, Publisher Url
Conference presentation:
Oral presentation, Liverpool John Moores University/Student Life Building, Decolonial Approaches in Teaching and Research: Sharing good practice”, Midwifery Skills: Decolonised. 2022
Oral presentation, Liverpool, Cheshire & Merseyside Regional PMA Network 1st Annual Conference, The Cheshire and Merseyside PMA Network - what we do. 2019
Oral presentation, Leeds, North Region Maternity Team PMA Workshop, The Role of the Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) in Cheshire & Merseyside. 2019
Other Professional Activity:
Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Early Career Midwife Focus Group Facilitator 03.12.2021 & 07.12.2021. 2021
LJMU AQA Award Competition - ‘sharing good practice’. 2019
Other invited event:
Health Education England (HEE) Webinar, Invited by HH to present a nationally available document devised by myself and my colleague (Michelle Beacock) on HEIs and stakeholders utilising and embedding the Midwifery Ongoing Record of Achievement in practice., Managing MORA (Midwifery Ongoing Record of Achievement): A Practical Guide to MORA rollout and usage. 2021
Manchester, Northern Maternity and Midwifery Festival sessional Chair, Northern Maternity and Midwifery Festival. 2019
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, As part of my Masters in Clinical Research, I undertook a phenomenological exploration of supervisors of midwives views of the current role of supervision of midwives in the UK. I presented this work via a poster presentation at the MCHFTs 2016 annual Healthcare Expo "Inspiring Innovation", and hope to present it again at future conferences., MCHFT Healthcare Expo 2016. 2016
Leceister, I presented on behalf of MCHT of the changes put into place to transform the unit, attain CNST level 3 and the Maternity Service Provider of the Year 2015 at the RCM Awards in London., RCM Policy Seminar. 2015
Crewe, I presented on behalf of MCHT following accolade for Maternity Service Provider of the Year 2015 at the RCM Awards in London., RCM Policy Seminar. 2015