Overview
Background
Associate Professor Mike Beckmann MBBS, PhD, CHIA, AFAIDH, AFRACMA, FRANZCOG is Head of Mothers Babies and Women’s Health at Mater, and oversees Australia’s largest women’s health service, with more than 12,000 births annually across 5 facilities. He is also Mater’s first Chief Digital Health Officer. Mike is an obstetrician and gynaecologist, health informatician, and health services researcher with more than 90 research publications, and is currently supervising PhD students in the areas of minimising clinical variation, using PROMS to redesign care, and consumer information-sharing. As a clinician, researcher and healthcare leader, Mike has led many digitally-enabled innovations in healthcare delivery to improve safety and the quality of care, improve efficiency, enhance patient experience as well as improve the work-life of staff.
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Works
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2019
Conference Publication
Postpartum successful trial of void at Bromage 0 comparable to conventional practice
Dunn, L., Strawson, K., Buchanan, J., Bruschett, K. and Beckmann, M. (2019). Postpartum successful trial of void at Bromage 0 comparable to conventional practice. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Urological Society of Australia and New-Zealand, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 13-16 April 2019. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
2019
Journal Article
Introducing a new collaborative prenatal clinic model
Rule, Travis and Beckmann, Michael (2019). Introducing a new collaborative prenatal clinic model. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 144 (3), 248-251. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12755
2019
Journal Article
Implementation of gestational weight gain guidelines - what’s more effective for ensuring weight recording in pregnancy?
Wilkinson, Shelley, Beckmann, Michael, Donaldson, Elin and McCray, Sally (2019). Implementation of gestational weight gain guidelines - what’s more effective for ensuring weight recording in pregnancy?. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19 (19) 19. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-2162-x
2019
Journal Article
Improved laparoscopic skills in gynaecology trainees following a simulation-training program using take-home box trainers
Wilson, Erin, Janssens, Sarah, McLindon, Lucas A., Hewett, David G., Jolly, Brian and Beckmann, Michael (2019). Improved laparoscopic skills in gynaecology trainees following a simulation-training program using take-home box trainers. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 59 (1), 110-116. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12802
2019
Conference Publication
What mapping perinatal education tells us about the needs of expectant and new parents and the multidisciplinary team that provides this education?
Guyatt, Sheridan, Wilkinson, Shelley, Beckmann, Michael and Fjeldsoe, Brianna (2019). What mapping perinatal education tells us about the needs of expectant and new parents and the multidisciplinary team that provides this education?. 13th National Allied Health Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 5-8 August 2019.
2019
Journal Article
Take-home laparoscopic simulators to develop surgical skills: Analysing attitudes to, and barriers and enablers of, their use in gynaecology training
Wilson, Erin, Jolly, Brian, Beckmann, Michael , Janssens, Sarah, Hewitt, David and Wilkinson, Shelley A. (2019). Take-home laparoscopic simulators to develop surgical skills: Analysing attitudes to, and barriers and enablers of, their use in gynaecology training. Focus On Health Professional Education-A Multidisciplinary Journal, 20 (3), 44-64. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v20i3.352
2019
Conference Publication
Transforming pregnancy, birth and postnatal education. Developing effective physiotherapy interventions for expectant and new mothers in a digital age.
Guyatt, Sheridan, Wilkinson, Shelley, Ferguson, Megan and Beckmann, Michael (2019). Transforming pregnancy, birth and postnatal education. Developing effective physiotherapy interventions for expectant and new mothers in a digital age.. TRANSFORM 2019 Physiotherapy Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 17 - 19 October 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
Developing a New approach for Effective, Systematic, Timely and INteGrated (NESTING) pregnancy, birth and early parenting education program starts with consumer engagement
Guyatt, Sheridan, Wilkinson, Shelley, Fjeldsoe, Brianna and Beckmann, Michael (2019). Developing a New approach for Effective, Systematic, Timely and INteGrated (NESTING) pregnancy, birth and early parenting education program starts with consumer engagement. 13th National Allied Health Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 5-8 August 2019.
2018
Journal Article
Simplifying the language of fetal monitoring
Yeoh, Melissa, Ameratunga, Devini, Lee, Jacinta and Beckmann, Michael (2018). Simplifying the language of fetal monitoring. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 59 (4), 538-544. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12929
2018
Journal Article
Is that realistic? The development of a realism assessment questionnaire and its application in appraising three simulators for a gynaecology procedure
Wilson, Erin, Hewett, David G., Jolly, Brian C., Janssens, Sarah and Beckmann, Michael M. (2018). Is that realistic? The development of a realism assessment questionnaire and its application in appraising three simulators for a gynaecology procedure. Advances in Simulation, 3 (21) 21. doi: 10.1186/s41077-018-0080-7
2018
Conference Publication
A missed opportunity: why did not gynaecology trainees practice laparoscopic skills using box trainers at home?
Irvin, E., Janssens, S., Jolly, B., Beckmann, M. and Hewett, D. (2018). A missed opportunity: why did not gynaecology trainees practice laparoscopic skills using box trainers at home?. RANZCOG 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting “Shifting Sands: Exploring the Boundaries of Specialisation”, Adelaide, SA Australia, 16–19 September 2018. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12872
2018
Journal Article
Best practice perioperative strategies and surgical techniques for preventing caesarean section surgical site infections: a systematic review of reviews and meta-analyses
Martin, E. K., Beckmann, M. M., Barnsbee, L. N., Halton, K. A., Merollini, K. M. D. and Graves, N. (2018). Best practice perioperative strategies and surgical techniques for preventing caesarean section surgical site infections: a systematic review of reviews and meta-analyses. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 125 (8), 956-964. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15125
2018
Journal Article
Redesigning induction of labour processes
Beckmann, Michael, Paterson, Emma and Smith, Ashleigh (2018). Redesigning induction of labour processes. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 58 (3), 315-320. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12734
2017
Journal Article
Can We Predict Delivery Prior to Date of a Planned Elective Caesarean Section?
Schulze, B., Mahomed, K. and Beckmann, M. (2017). Can We Predict Delivery Prior to Date of a Planned Elective Caesarean Section?. SOJ Gynecology, Obstetrics & Women's Health, 3 (3), 1-5. doi: 10.15226/2381-2915/3/3/00127
2017
Journal Article
Evaluation of a Low-Fidelity Surgical Simulator for Large Loop Excision of the Transformation Zone (LLETZ)
Wilson, Erin B., Beckmann, Michael M., Hewett, David G., Jolly, Brian C. and Janssens, Sarah (2017). Evaluation of a Low-Fidelity Surgical Simulator for Large Loop Excision of the Transformation Zone (LLETZ). Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 12 (5), 304-307. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000242
2017
Other Outputs
Induction of labour using prostaglandin (PGE2) vaginal gel
Beckmann, Michael (2017). Induction of labour using prostaglandin (PGE2) vaginal gel. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.74
2017
Journal Article
Maternal age is a risk factor for caesarean section following induction of labour
Dunn, Liam, Kumar, Sailesh and Beckmann, Michael (2017). Maternal age is a risk factor for caesarean section following induction of labour. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 57 (4), 426-431. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12611
2017
Journal Article
Predictors of mode of birth and duration of labour following induction using prostaglandin vaginal gel
Beckmann, Michael, Gibbons, Kristen, Flenady, Vicki and Kumar, Sailesh (2017). Predictors of mode of birth and duration of labour following induction using prostaglandin vaginal gel. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 57 (2), 168-175. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12588
2017
Journal Article
Measuring women's experience of induction of labor using prostaglandin vaginal gel
Beckmann, Michael, Thompson, Rachel, Miller, Yvette, Prosser, Samantha J., Flenady, Vicki and Kumar, Sailesh (2017). Measuring women's experience of induction of labor using prostaglandin vaginal gel. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 210, 189-195. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.12.032
2017
Journal Article
Induction of labour using balloon catheter and prostaglandin gel
Brown, Jacqueline and Beckmann, Michael (2017). Induction of labour using balloon catheter and prostaglandin gel. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 57 (1), 68-73. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12577
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Use of PROMS to transform routine post-surgical outpatient care
Principal Advisor
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
An Implementation Science Approach to Co-designing Perinatal Education
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Megan Ferguson, Dr Shelley Wilkinson
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Low-fidelity simulation for surgical training in gynaecology
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Hewett
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