Ms Andrea-Lorien Stebbings

Biography

Midwifery Lecturer (Education) School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)
SNAM Inter-professional Learning Academic Lead for PIHC ( Plymouth Integrative Health and social care education)
PDT Academic Lead -Royal Devon University Healthcare Foundation Trust (Northern)
Professional Midwifery Advocate
Link Lecturer - Royal Devon University Healthcare Foundation Trust (Northern) - Maternity (Acute and Community)
Module Lead A-EQUIP (Advocacy and Education for Quality Improvement in Practice)
Module Lead Family Planning and Women's Health in Primary Care
Academic Assessor

Qualifications

2015 Plymouth University PG Certificate in Contemporary Healthcare (Education)

2014 Expert witness Certificate - Cardiff University and Bond Solon

2011 Recordable Teacher - Nursing and Midwifery Council

2005 Masters in Arts Midwifery Practice - Thames Valley University

1999 Instructor Advance Life Support in Obstetrics

1999 Supervisor of Midwives University West of England

1999 Management Certificate NEBS

1998 Baby Massage Teacher Training Active Birth Centre

1996 BSc (hons) Midwifery

1993 Registered Nurse NSW Australia

1992 Registered General Nurse Kingston College

Professional membership

Royal College of Midwives

Royal College of Nursing

Association for Improvement in Maternity Services

Association of Radical Midwives

Baby Milk Action

Roles on external bodies

2022 Expert Reference Group on Education Standards for Professional Nurse Advocates - member

2021-present -NHSE/HEI/ Trust Lead National Network for Professional Nurse Advocacy - member

2021- present - National Professional Midwifery Advocate Steering Committee - member

2021-present - National Academic Professional Midwifery Advocate Network - member and workstream contributor/ developer

2020 - present

Case Examiner - Nursing and Midwifery Council

2019- present

Midwifery Forum Committee Member - Royal College of Nursing

represent the RCN

Newborn Genomes Programme - NHS steering group
ERG RCN education / ilearn platforms
Maternity Support Workers oversight group - national group

2017- present

Professional Midwifery Advocate

2010 - present

Expert witness (Midwifery)

Defence and Claimant cases

2009 - 2017

Registrant Panellist Fitness to Practise - Nursing and Midwifery Council

2003-2016

Advisory Faculty ALSO (UK) - Advanced Life Support Obstetrics

1999- 2017

Supervisor of Midwives - South West Local Supervising Authority

Teaching

Teaching interests

Professional Advocacy

Interprofessional communication and education

Maternity emergency management (skills and human factors)

Teamworking

Professional regulation

Sustainability in workforce development

Midwifery Practice

Impact of scrutiny on the professions

Midwifery Developer and Link for the Physician Associate Programme

Midwifery Developer and Link for Medlaw (interdisciplinary learning project)

Midwifery Lead - Digital Champions

Research

Research interests

Supervision to Masters students dissertation and final project;

MSc Dissertation x 4 students currently forming full title scope of area for consideration:

Student nurses as educators / teachers
Partner notification in sexual health services
Care in secondary care of people who are ventilated at home
Transition from acute care to extended practice role in primary care in Physiotherapy

Due to complete 2023

Other research

2020 Poster presentation: The Use of Inter-Professional Education (IPE) Healthcare Law and Ethics Scenario Based Learning Sessions amongst Nursing, Midwifery, and Law Students” Twenty-seventh International Conference on Learning, at Universitat de València

Research degrees awarded to supervised students

Supervisor to the following Postgraduate Master's students;

MSc Advance Professional Practice " Implementation of a Neonatal Skin Assessment Tool (NSAT) for premature and sick infants who require neonatal Tertiary Care" completed 2022
MSc Advanced Professional Practice "Management of the introduction of an electronic proforma into a local Trusts’ heart revascularisation multidisciplinary team meeting". completed 2020
MSc Advanced Professional Practice " A service development project to improve the information given to women for the induction of labour process within maternity services" completed 2020
MSc Contemporary Healthcare (Education) " What are the most effective methods of assuring clinical skills acquisition in simulation settings in undergraduate student nurses, peer-to-peer or lecturer led methods?" completed 2020
MSc Contemporary Healthcare (Education): “An exploration of Assistant Practitioner’s (Nursing) experiences of joining an undergraduate nursing degree programme.” completed 2019

MSc Advanced Professional Practice: "Introducing a Safeguarding Domestic Abuse Screening Tool In The Emergency Department" completed 2019
MSc Contemporary Healthcare "GP's perceptions of increasing paediatric acute referrals" completed 2018

Publications

Key publications

Key publications are highlighted

Journals

Articles

Nichols A, Trimble P & Stebbings A (2022) 'The use of inter-professional education (IPE) healthcare law and ethics scenario based learning sessions amongst nursing, midwifery and law students: A qualitative investigation' Nurse Education Today 109, 105254-105254 , DOI

Williamson G, Clarke D & Stebbings A (2021) 'A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of the Effectiveness of Peer- versus Faculty-led Simulation for Clinical Skills Acquisition in Undergraduate Student Nurses' Open Nursing Journal 15, 273-284 , DOI Open access

Nichols A, Trimble P & Stebbings A (2020) 'The use of inter-professional education (IPE) healthcare law and ethics scenario based learning sessions amongst nursing, midwifery and law students: An evaluation' Nurse Education Today 91, 104455-104455 , DOI

Books

Group TF (2022) Developing Practical Nursing Skills Foundations for Nursing and Healthcare Students. Routledge

Personal

Reports & invited lectures

2022- Webinar round table discussion lead NHSE Professional Nurse Advocates

2021 - Certificate of Recognition for outstanding contribution to the support of practice learning

2021 - Webinar round table discussion lead NHSE Professional Nurse Advocates

2020 - South West Professional Midwifery Advocates PI development

2019 - South West Regional Student Leadership Conference invited plenary session

Other academic activities

Peninsula Professional Midwifery Advocates (PMA) networking events developer and supporter since 2018

Additional information

Twitter lead @UOPMAS: University of Plymouth Midwives, Alumni and Students

Twitter lead @Peninsuar PMA's

Twitter lead@PNA21

Profiles

Lecturer in Midwifery

School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)