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Dr. Sara Jayne Bayes serves as an Adjunct Professor within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Australian Catholic University, specializing in midwifery and maternal healthcare systems. Her academic appointments bridge clinical practice and research innovation across Australian healthcare settings.
Her research interests focus on midwifery workforce sustainability, implementation science in maternal care, and obstetric practice innovation. She examines critical issues including midwives' work-life balance through socio-institutional theory, physiological birth processes, and barriers to quality maternal care in global contexts. Her work integrates feminist phenomenology and grounded theory approaches to understand patient and provider experiences.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals strong emphasis on practical implementation tools for evidence-based midwifery, with significant contributions to understanding caesarean birth experiences, obstetric fistula in Sub-Saharan Africa, and midwifery workforce retention strategies. Her research consistently addresses the intersection of clinical practice, professional identity, and systemic healthcare challenges.
Dr. Bayes actively contributes to nursing and midwifery education through curriculum development and supervision of early-career researchers, particularly in the pre-HDR space. Her work on peer debriefing tools for midwifery students demonstrates commitment to emotional resilience in clinical education.
