Ms Meredith McIntyre

M.Ed.St, B.App.Sc (adv Nurs) RM

Senior Lecturer, Coordinator Bachelor of Midwifery, Coordinator Master of Clinical Midwifery

Phone: +61 3 9904 4354 Fax: +61 3 9904 4655 Email: meredith.mcintyre@med.monash.edu.au

Brief Biography

Meredith is a senior lecturer in the School of Nursing & Midwifery, Monash University. Research interests and activities include sustainable models of maternity care, teen parenting, breastfeeding outcomes and maternity services policy. Meredith has had significant academic experience in the field of midwifery, health service sector consultations, policy and program development and is the immediate past President of the Australian College of Midwives Victoria Branch. Meredith is one of the founding authors of the Victorian Bachelor of Midwifery consortium and course coordinator of the Bachelor of Midwifery and Master of Midwifery courses.

Teaching

Semester One

• NUR1003 Nursing, society and culture.
• NUR3203 Gender and family health.
• NUR2003 Contexts of healthcare.

Semester 2

• NUR3005 Chronicity in healthcare.
• MID3010

Research

Areas of interest

• Evaluation of competencies of new graduate midwives on entry into the workforce in Victoria;
• Evaluation of online teaching in the undergraduate midwifery curriculum;
• Sustainable workforce in maternity services;
• Breastfeeding outcomes in the early stages after birth;
• Over the counter and herbal preparation use in pregnancy;
• Maternity services policy;
• Teen pregnancy/parenting;
• Issues in postnatal care delivery.

Preferred methodologies

• Quantitative methods - survey
• Qualitative methods - mixed

Accredited Level 1 Supervisor

Committee's

• Faculty MNHS Postgraduate Committee
• Chair, Postgraduate Course Management Committee

Professional Affiliations

• President, Australian College of Midwives, Victoria  2006 – 2007
• Vice President, Australian College of Midwives, Victoria 2004 – 2006

Publications

Book Chapters

McIntyre, M. (2009) Midwives providing teenage parenting prevention programs in schools. In M, O’Connor, D. Griffiths, G. Ives, J. Newton, H. Tan. (Eds.), From Birth to Death: clinical nursing and midwifery research across the lifespan. (pp 20-26). Melbourne, Australia. Monash University.

McIntyre, M. (2009) Adolescent male receptiveness to a teenage parenting prevention program. In M, O’Connor, D. Griffiths, G. Ives, J. Newton, H. Tan. (Eds.), From Birth to Death: clinical nursing and midwifery research across the lifespan. (pp 53-60). Melbourne, Australia. Monash University.Journal Articles

Gilmour, C. J., Hall, H., McIntyre, M., Gillies, L., & Harrison, B. (2009). Factors associated with early breastfeeding cessation in Frankston, Victoria: a descriptive study. Breastfeeding Review, 17(2), 13-19.

McKenna, L., & McIntyre, M. (2006). ‘What Over-the-counter Preparations are Pregnant Women Taking? A Literature Review’. Journal of Advanced Nursing,  I(6), 636–645. _{^{Impact Factor 1.342. Ranked 8/36 Nursing.}}

Cutts, D., David, P.,  McIntyre, M., Seibold, C., Hopkins, F.,  & Miller, M. (2003). Werna Naloo-We Us Together: The birth of a midwifery education consortium. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 41(2), 179-186. ^{_{Impact Factor 0.998 Ranked 7/31 Nursing.}}

Heslop. L.,  McIntyre. M.,  & Ives. G. (2001). Student nurses’ expectations and their self-reported preparedness for the graduate year role. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 36(5), 626 -634.

Published in Conference Proceedings

McIntyre, M., & Hall, H. (2008). 'Online Teaching in an UndergraduateMidwifery Curriculum: Five Year Evaluation'. 2nd International NurseEducation Conference (NETNEP2008) 9th-11th June 2008, Dublin, Ireland

McIntyre, M. (2008).'Inter-professional clinical education: Preparingdouble degree nursing students for extended scope of practice inemergency care'. 2nd International Nurse Education Conference(NETNEP2008) 9th-11th June 2008, Dublin, Ireland

 McIntyre, M. ( 2006). ‘Postnatal Care: Realigning the needs of new mothers with service provision’.‘7^th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference Transforming Healthcare through Research, Education and Technology, Dublin  Nov 8^th – 10^th. 

McIntyre, M ., Morse, C. (2006). ‘Teen Parents; Examining the influences of ‘place’ on their social inequalities’. International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Rhodes, July 18^th – 21^st

McKenna, L., McIntyre, M., Lawson. (2005). ‘Mapping the professional socialisation and clinical experiences of Bachelor of Midwifery students’. 27^th Triennial Congress of the International Confederation of Midwives’, Brisbane, Australia. 24-27 July.