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Sara Smith is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Midwifery and Community Health within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care at Anglia Ruskin University. A practising midwife, she specializes in emergency midwifery care, antenatal education, professional standards, consent, and medicines management.
Her educational background includes:
- BSc (Hons) Midwifery, Anglia Ruskin University
- Postgraduate Certificate Learning and Teaching, Anglia Ruskin University
- PG Diploma Professional Research in Education, Anglia Ruskin University
- MSc Medical and Healthcare Education, Anglia Ruskin University
- Newborn Life Support Instructor, Resuscitation Council (UK)
Research centers on medicines management and antenatal education, examining how education improves women's maternity experiences, student midwives' professional development, and theory-to-practice knowledge transfer in clinical settings.
Her publications address foundational midwifery themes: the 2010 work 'To Qualification and Beyond' explores professional transitions, while the 2009 article 'Goodbye My Sweet Love' analyzes emotional care during perinatal loss, reflecting her commitment to compassionate practice and education.
Honors include:
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
She supervises BSc and MSc projects, serves as Course Leader for the MSc Advanced Midwifery Practice program, and mentors students through roles as Personal Development Tutor and Link Tutor for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
