Welcome
The Doctoral Midwifery Research Society (DMRS) has been founded by Ireland’s first Professor of Midwifery Research, Professor Marlene Sinclair at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland and is currently funded by the Northern Ireland Research & Development Office.
The main objective of the DMRS is to provide quality support and guidance to doctoral and post doctoral midwife researchers regionally, nationally and internationally.
Membership
Full membership of the Society is available to all registered, certified or licenced midwives, nurse-midwives or obstetric nurses from within higher education and practice development who hold a doctoral degree or are currently studying towards a doctoral degree from any intitution widewide.
Associate and Affiliated memberships are also available. Futher Information>>.
Midwifery Courses
If you are interested in studying post registration midwifery at the Ulster, please find details of current programmes. Please note: All modules are availalabe as stand-alone Most of the ultrasound course is by e-learning Core modules are e-learning and plans are in preparation to offer the complete MSc on-line.
PhDs
With a growing number of midwives with PhDs in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and the rest of the world, the University of Ulster is proud to have the highest number of practising midwives studying for PhDs on these islands. Funding for these midwives has been obtained from a variety of sources including the Vice Chancellor’s Research Studentship (VCRS), Department for Education and Learning (DEL), Northern Ireland Research & Development Office (NI R&D) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Ruth Davies Research Bursary. For information on PhD opportunities at the University of Ulster click here>>.
The Doctoral Midwifery Research Network Society is primarily for academic midwife researchers and their supervisors. These tend to be based in higher education and practice but a warm welcome is extended to midwives studying for Master’s degrees, research active midwives and doctoral students who are studying midwifery related doctorates. Other academics and clinicians are welcome to join as affiliate members and to avail of the services and support networks that will be available.
A major commitment of the DMRS is to provide a platform for midwife researchers to undertake, present and disseminate midwifery research and implement the findings. This is in keeping with the strategic plan for research and development in Northern Ireland (HPSSNI, 2007) and the DMRS aims to play its part in:
- Developing an enabling infrastructure to support midwifery research that will impact on maternity care, management and service delivery
- Building the research confidence and skills of midwives working in the HPSS
- Working in partnership with the HPSSR&D, related institutions and organizations to strengthen the quality and impact of midwifery research
- Supporting midwives to develop models of dissemination to effectively transfer and diffuse key outcomes for public health arising from midwifery and midwifery related research
- Ensuring patient and public involvement in HPSS R&D
The DMRS places a strong emphasis on doing and using research for the good of society and for the advancement of midwifery practice.