Cath Burke RGN, RM, BMedSci, PgDip, MA
Senior Lecturer In Midwifery
Summary
I have a passion for female empowerment and the public health remit related to midwifery and the broader family. I have worked locally as a midwife in hospital, community settings and as a clinical educator as well as strategically on a regional programme of change. I have extensive experience in managing change and developing services which I can share with students on a multi-disciplinary level. I am the Equality Diversity & Inclusion lead for the department of Nursing & Midwifery and have a strong research background in supporting vulnerable families.
About
I am passionate about empowering vulnerable families and this translates within my teaching through my extensive experience of working in areas of multiple deprivation. The research and evidence into practice work I have been involved in reflects this passion through promoting normal birth with women from compromised communities and backgrounds and implementing support for migrant pregnant women.
I have developed face to face and distance learning opportunities and continue to work with NHS England expand opportunities for development across under and post graduate provision. As part of this work I am the course lead for Advanced Clinical Practice in Midwifery commencing Sept 2023 as well as teaching into the midwifery and nursing curricula at BSc and MSc level.
As department lead for EDI I support course and module leaders to reduce the awarding gaps across our provision, and consider student representation and belonging within their course content. Part of this role is also to provide targeted support to staff and students and the wider organisation as required.
Teaching
Department of Nursing and Midwifery
College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences
Subject area
Nursing & Midwifery
Courses taught
BSc (Hons) Midwifery
BSc (Hons) Nursing
MSc Perinatal Mental Health
MSc Midwifery
MSc Nursing
MSc/apprenticeship Advanced Clinical Practice in Midwifery
MSc Health Care Analytics & Artificial Intelligence
Modules taught
BSc Nursing & Midwifery:
Assessing & Addressing Complexity
Complex challenges in midwifery & neonatal care
Establishing midwifery practice
Enhancing midwifery practice
Professional leadership
Sciences for professional midwifery practice
Strengthening professional midwifery practice
Working with complexity in practice
MSc Nursing & Midwifery:
Dissertation
MSc Advanced Physical Assessment & Consultation Skills
MSc None Medical Prescribing
Enhanced midwifery care and Obstetric Emergencies
Fundamentals for midwifery
Informing midwifery practice
Towards autonomous midwifery practice
The midwife as leader
The proficient midwifery practitioner
Research
Athena Swan
EDI lead
Operational Refugee and Migrant Maternal Approach (ORAMMA) project,
Trauma aware, compassionate and culturally sensitive care - T-CC care
Current research projects
Soltani, H., Watson, H., Fair, F., Burke, C., Oshaghi, G., Vivilaki, V., & Team, O.R.A.M.M.A. (2020). Improving pregnancy and birth experiences of migrant mothers: A report from ORAMMA and continued local impact. European Journal of Midwifery, 4. https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/130796
Fair, F., Soltani, H., Raben, L., van Streun, Y., Sioti, E., Papadakaki, M., ... Vivilaki, V. (2021). Midwives’ experiences of cultural competency training and providing perinatal care for migrant women a mixed methods study: Operational Refugee and Migrant Maternal Approach (ORAMMA) project. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03799-1
An exploration of the lived experience of student midwives in relation to their ethnic identity. Scholfield V, Freeman S, Burke C, Stephenson J (2022).
Publications
Journal articles
Fair, F., Soltani, H., Raben, L., van Streun, Y., Sioti, E., Papadakaki, M., ... Vivilaki, V. (2021). Midwives’ experiences of cultural competency training and providing perinatal care for migrant women a mixed methods study: Operational Refugee and Migrant Maternal Approach (ORAMMA) project. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21 (1). http://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03799-1
Soltani, H., Watson, H., Fair, F., Burke, C., Oshaghi, G., Vivilaki, V., & Team, O.R.A.M.M.A. (2020). Improving pregnancy and birth experiences of migrant mothers: A report from ORAMMA and continued local impact. European Journal of Midwifery, 4. http://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/130796
Baston, H., & Burke, C. (2010). The newborn physical examination step by step. 1. Eyes. The practising midwife, 13 (6), 27-28.
Conference papers
Soltani, H., Watson, H., Fair, F., van den Muijsenbergh, M., Papadakaki, M., Jokinen, M., ... Vivilaki, V. (2021). Perinatal mental health services for mothers from ethnic minority and migrant backgrounds. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 31, 176.
Book chapters
Albertson, K., Burke, C., & Lessing-Turner, G. (2019). Mother figures behind bars: Pregnant women and mothers in prison in England and Wales. In Portier-Le Cocq, F. (Ed.) Motherhood in Contemporary International Perspectives: Continuity and Change. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Routledge Research in Gender and Society Series, (Eds) Fabienne Portier-Le Cocq. Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Motherhood-in-Contemporary-International-Perspective-Continuity-and-Change/Portier-Le-Cocq/p/book/9780367188436
Albertson, K., O'Keeffe, C., Burke, C., Lessing-Turner, G., & Renfrew, M. (2014). Addressing health inequalities for mothers and babies in prison: findings from a consultation exercise. In Todd, A., & Hirst, J. (Eds.) Health and Inequality: Applying Public Health Research to Policy and Practice. (pp. 39-47). Abingdon: Routledge
Books
Tod, A., & Hirst, J. (Eds.). (2014). Health and inequality: applying public health research to policy and practice. London: Routledge.
Postgraduate supervision
I continue to support MSc dissertation students across the department of Nursing & Midwifery.