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Division of Research Sections
DOR chairperson: Lisa Hanson
ACNM Board of Directors Liaison: Jenny Foster
ACNM Staff Liaison: Elaine Germano
The work of the DOR is organized into four Sections, which are described below. The Section Chairs plus the Division Chair constitute the DOR Governing Board. Each new DOR member is asked to join a Section and work on its activities.
Division of Research Chair - Lisa Hanson
- Facilitates the work of the sections of the DOR
- Coordinates DOR activities
- Oversees the Strategic Plan for Research, and Research Agenda
- Reports to the ACNM Board of Directors
Research Dissemination Section - Carrie Klima, Chair
Research Dissemination Section: Promotes the development of a research
culture within the ACNM. Responsibilities: - Coordinate
DOR activities at the Annual Meeting
- Support
specific activities to assist members to use research and evidence-based
care in clinical practice.
- Serve as
liaison with the Program Committee. Promote & facilitate international
research presentations at the ACNM Annual Meeting
- Oversees the implementation of the Strategic
Plan for Research
Networking Section – Kathryn Osborne, Chair
Networking Section: Links
midwifery researchers.
Responsibilities:
- Manage
the DOR membership, including generation of appointment letters, tracking
terms of service, and maintenance of the database.
- Develop
student membership, including development of student interest &
participation in research
- Link
midwifery researchers to one another nationally and internationally,
including service as liaison with the ACNM Division of Global Health, the
ACNM Department of Global Outreach, and the International Confederation of
Midwives (ICM) Research Standing Committee.
- Facilitate
the linkage of clinical practice with midwifery research.
- Provide oversight of DOR web page
- Oversees the implementation of the Strategic
Plan for Research
Data Information Management Section - Mary K Barger, Chair
Encourages the systematic collection of data for midwifery
practice & education.
Responsibilities:
- Continue the development & refinement of
data collection about midwifery practice including the use of minimum data
sets.
- Support the use of technology in the collection
of midwifery data by members
- Coordinate
collaboration with other maternity care stakeholders on the use of technology
to track maternity care processes and care
- Coordinate the use of data portals by ACNM
researchers.
- Oversee the implementation of the Strategic Plan
for Research.
Survey Section - Kerry Schuiling, Chair
Reviews requests from researchers who wish to use ACNM members
as participants in their research study.
Responsibilities: - Review requests from researchers who wish to use ACNM members as
participants in a study
- Requests are
received from the national office DOR liaison
- Maintain up-to-date guidelines for approval of research surveys
from researchers wishing to conduct research surveys of ACNM members
- Use the guidelines to review proposals for research surveys that
wish to use ACNM members as participants in the study.
- Provide input (as requested) to the National Office on research
conducted by ACNM staff and members that focuses on its members, including
proposals from ACNM volunteer groups/committees or staff departments.
- Serve as advisor to the National Office Staff in preparing the
Membership Survey (annually and as needed);
- Advise ACNM volunteer groups or staff who conduct official ACNM
research
- Assist with the implementation of the Strategic Plan for
Research
- Foster research by ACNM and its membership that is in line with
the Strategic Plan for Research
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