Alicia Ferguson
Midwifery Specialist
Working groups
Background
Alicia Ferguson is a midwife and public health professional with over a decade of experience in clinical care, education and international development. She has worked across New Zealand, Australia, India and the Pacific in diverse midwifery roles, including community-based care, hospital settings and midwifery education.
Alicia is currently completing her PhD at Deakin University, which focuses on co-design a clinical competence maintenance model for midwife educators in India. Her work at Burnet includes midwifery education, simulation-based learning, evaluation and learning, and midwifery models of care.
Qualifications
- Master of Public Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- Bachelor of Midwifery, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand
Burnet publications
View 2 moreSupplementary Data - The effectiveness of drugs and dietary supplements for prevention of pre-eclampsia: findings from an overview of 76 systematic reviews
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Jessica Postregna et al
Supplementary Data - The effectiveness of drugs and dietary supplements for prevention of pre-eclampsia: findings from an overview of 76 systematic reviews
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Jessica Postregna et al
Barriers and enablers in implementing strategies to maintain clinical competence of midwife educators: a scoping review
BMC Medical Education
Alicia Ferguson et al
Current projects
Pacific SMILE: increasing access to midwifery simulation in Pacific countries
This project brings new midwifery simulation labs to countries in the Pacific region.
Understanding midwife-led birth centres in the Asia Pacific region
We’re researching midwifery-led birth centres in Fiji, Indonesia, Nepal and India.
Supporting midwifery education in India
We’re supporting the clinical skills of midwifery educators in India.