Kay Lake

Biography

I hold both an Adult Nursing and Midwifery registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and have worked across these health sectors within the National Health Service in the UK in both the community and acute settings, and in several oversees locations; always closely involved with students’ learning and practice development. 

Since becoming an academic, I have worked within the Midwifery team at a university in the southeast. I have had several roles including Recruitment Lead (Midwifery), IPL Midwifery Programme Director, MSc Empirical Lead, Formal Investigating Officer for Student Fitness to Practice and Faculty Ethics panel member. Since joining the midwifery team at the University of Cumbria, I have taken on several module lead roles, I am currently Programme Leader for the MSc (Hons) Midwifery and External Examiner for a university in the midlands.  

I have a particular interest in research since completing my MRes; especially exploring learners experiences of education to help improve these and maximise attainment. I am also interested in the care of women with complex health needs and how to normalize their experiences of care, additionally I am a NIPE practitioner. Currently, I am a member of the University’s Research & Knowledge Exchange Committee and continue to be involved with research activities across the university.  

 

 

Qualifications and memberships

Academic

Qualification	Awarding body
Master of Research (health)	Canterbury Christ Church University
PGCLT (HE)	Canterbury Christ Church University
BSc (Hons) Midwifery Studies	University of Hertfordshire
BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies	Coventry University
Diploma Nursing Studies	City University
D33/34 Assessor	City and Guilds
N96 – Examination of the Newborn (NIPE)	Homerton College Cambridge
ENB 100 – Intensive Care Nursing	English National Board
ENB 998 – Teaching and Assessment	English National Board

 

Professional

Qualification	Organisation
Lecturer/ Practice Educator	Nursing and Midwifery Council
Registered Midwife	Nursing and Midwifery Council
Registered Nurse - Adult	Nursing and Midwifery Council

 

Membership of Professional Organisations

Organisation	Membership status
Advanced HE	Senior Fellow

Academic and research interests

Completed Research and Funded Scholarship

Title	Brief details
A qualitative study into how the Nursing Associate role is viewed by different stakeholders	1:1 interviews incorporating photo elicitation
An evaluative study of an NHS Trust Preceptorship Programme	Focus groups methodology exploring the views of 3rd year students and NQM
Midwifery students’ experiences of being resilient whilst studying on a professional health programme	Small Project Grant in 2018
Student Voices: Final year midwifery students lived experiences of learning to become a midwife whilst studying on an interprofessional learning programme	Part of MRes Studies, awarded a Small Project Grant in 2007
Action Research: Creative provision of obstetric emergency education	Part of PGCLT Studies
Survey of nurses’ and midwives’ views on the ‘Named Nurse’ concept	Part of BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies

 

Publications

Publications / Presentations

Articles 

Wier J Price N Lake K T Shaw (2023) How is the Nursing Associate role viewed by different stakeholders: A qualitative research study which included creative methodology Journal of Healthcare Assistants 17:11, 426-435 

Wier J Lake K (2022) Making the Transition: A focus group study which explores third year student and newly qualified midwives’ perceptions and experiences of becoming a registrant midwife Midwifery 111: 103377 

Lake K (2022) Exploring midwifery students’ experiences of being resilient whilst studying on a professional health programme (In Progress) 

Rogers K (2010) Exploring the learning experiences of final year midwifery students British Journal of Midwifery 18(7): 457- 463 

Rogers K (2008) Action Research: Part 2 Testing the new teaching method The Practising Midwife 11(11): 32-35 

Rogers K (2008) Action Research: Part 1 Achieving meaningful reflection The Practising Midwife 11(10):54-57 

Rogers K (2008) Ethics and qualitative research: what are the issues for midwifery researchers British Journal of Midwifery  16(3): 179-182 

Rogers K (2007) Skills drills training: the way forward MIDWIVES 10(5):218-9  May 2007 

 Books/ Chapters 

2011 IPL Case Study, with student learning activities, for the Pearson’s Library 

Rogers K (2010) An exploratory study into final year midwifery students experiences In Graham-Matheson L (editor) Research Informed Teaching ISBN 978-1-899253-75-3  

Conference Papers / Posters / Presentations 

Type: Title	Organisation	Location
Poster Presentation Being Part of the Team: A Case Study which examines the experiences and perceptions of a postgraduate taught student’s involvement in an ongoing research project	Advance HE Conference	Keele University
Poster Presentation Midwifery students’ experiences of being resilient whilst studying on a professional health programme	NET Conference	Cambridge
Poster Presentations Students’ Experiences of IPL	CCCU Learning and Teaching conference   The Faculty Annual postgraduate conference	CCCU
Presentation Student Midwives prior to qualification are they prepared for practice	MTW NHS Trust	Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury
Presentation The student experience of IPL	The NET Conference	Cambridge
Poster Presentation Midwifery Students’ Experience of IPL	National Conference for Nurse-Midwives,	Seattle USA
Presentation Midwifery Students’ Experience of IPL	Research Informed Teaching Conference	CCCU
Presentation  Best practice in learning: the midwifery perspective:	Best Practice in Practice Learning Conference	CCCU

 

Recent external roles

External Examiner Huddersfield University (2017)

External Examiner University of Woverhampton (2023)

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