Ms Karina Ireland

Karina is a lecturer in Midwifery with the College of Sport, Health and Engineering.

Karina has been a lecturer at Victoria University since 2014 and Course Leader for the Bachelor of Midwifery.

Publications

Conference presentations

PSANZ (Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand), April 19-22, 2015, 19th Annual Conference, Discoveries; Improving Perinatal Care; Poster Presentation and short Oral Presentation.

ACM (Australian College of Midwives), October 5-8, 2015, 19th Biennial Conference, Super Midwives; Making a Difference; Oral Presentation.

Western Health Research Week, November 16-19 2015, Oral Presentation.

Teaching responsibilities

Coordination:

• Course Leader: Bachelor of Midwifery.

Unit coordinator:

• HMB3101 Complex Midwifery 2
• HMB3102 Midwifery Professional Practice 2
• HMB4102 Midwifery Professional Practice 3
• HMB4201 Midwifery Professional Practice 4
• HIP3001 Interprofessional Practice
• HMB4104 Professional Studies 2.

Professional memberships

• Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ)
• Australian College of Midwives (ACM)

Industry experience

Karina previously worked as a midwife in England before moving to Melbourne. Karina has worked as a Midwife for 17 years. Her experience includes Associate Midwife Unit Manager position at Sunshine Hospital, working in Midwifery Group Practice and providing publicly funded homebirths.