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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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2015
Conference Publication
The use of the fetal pillow to deliver the fetal head at caesarean section at full dilatation
Safa, H., Beckmann, M. and Wight, K. (2015). The use of the fetal pillow to deliver the fetal head at caesarean section at full dilatation. RCOG World Congress 2015, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 12–15 April 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13370
2015
Journal Article
INFORMed choices: Facilitating shared decision-making in health care
Beckmann, Michael, Cooper, Catherine and Pocock, Daniel (2015). INFORMed choices: Facilitating shared decision-making in health care. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 55 (3), 294-297. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12343
2015
Conference Publication
Luteal phase defect in women with unexplained subfertility
McLindon, L. A., Beckmann, M., Chapman, M., Flenady, V and Mcintyre, H. D. (2015). Luteal phase defect in women with unexplained subfertility. RCOG World Congress 2015, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 12-15 April 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13368
2015
Conference Publication
Women's understanding and perceptions of induction of labour
Sherrell, H. and Beckmann, M. (2015). Women's understanding and perceptions of induction of labour. RCOG World Congress 2015, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 12–15 April 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13370
2015
Conference Publication
Artificial rupture of membranes versus repeat vaginal prostaglandin for induction of labour
Beckmann, M., Harker, E., Flenady, V and Kumar, S. (2015). Artificial rupture of membranes versus repeat vaginal prostaglandin for induction of labour. RCOG World Congress 2015, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 12–15 April, 2015. Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13370
2014
Journal Article
Does preconception care work?
Beckmann, Michael M., Widmer, Tania and Bolton, Elize (2014). Does preconception care work?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 54 (6), 510-514. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12224
2014
Journal Article
Barriers and enablers to translating gestational diabetes guidelines into practice
Wilkinson, Shelley Ann, McCray, Sally, Beckmann, Michael, Parry, Annette and McIntyre, Harold David (2014). Barriers and enablers to translating gestational diabetes guidelines into practice. Practical Diabetes, 31 (2), 67-72a. doi: 10.1002/pdi.1833
2014
Journal Article
Comparing fetal scalp lactate and umbilical cord arterial blood gas values
Bowler, Thea and Beckmann, Michael (2014). Comparing fetal scalp lactate and umbilical cord arterial blood gas values. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 54 (1), 79-83. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12144
2014
Journal Article
Postpartum voiding dysfunction: Identifying the risk factors
Buchanan, Julie and Beckmann, Michael (2014). Postpartum voiding dysfunction: Identifying the risk factors. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 54 (1), 41-45. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12130
2014
Journal Article
Bakri balloon during cesarean delivery for placenta previa
Beckmann, Michael M. and Chaplin, Jacqueline (2014). Bakri balloon during cesarean delivery for placenta previa. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 124 (2), 118-122. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.08.010
2014
Journal Article
Why group & save? Blood transfusion at low-risk elective caesarean section
Stock, Owen and Beckmann, Michael (2014). Why group & save? Blood transfusion at low-risk elective caesarean section. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 54 (3), 279-282. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12177
2013
Journal Article
Caseload midwifery care versus standard maternity care for women of any risk: M@NGO, a randomised controlled trial
Tracy, Sally K., Hartz, Donna L., Tracy, Mark B., Allen, Jyai, Forti, Amanda, Hall, Bev, White, Jan, Lainchbury, Anne, Stapleton, Helen, Beckmann, Michael, Bisits, Andrew, Homer, Caroline, Foureur, Maralyn, Welsh, Alec and Kildea, Sue (2013). Caseload midwifery care versus standard maternity care for women of any risk: M@NGO, a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 382 (9906), 1723-1732. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61406-3
2013
Journal Article
Dietary supplements for preventing postnatal depression
Miller, Brendan J., Murray, Linda, Beckmann, Michael M., Kent, Terrence and Macfarlane, Bonnie (2013). Dietary supplements for preventing postnatal depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013 (10) CD009104. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009104.pub2
2013
Journal Article
Do we perform too many procedures for cervical dysplasia in young women?
Nadim, Batool and Beckmann, Michael (2013). Do we perform too many procedures for cervical dysplasia in young women?. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 17 (4), 385-389. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e31827ccea9
2013
Journal Article
Hospital versus outpatient care for preterm pre-labour rupture of membranes
Beckmann, Michael and Gardener, Glenn (2013). Hospital versus outpatient care for preterm pre-labour rupture of membranes. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 68 (10), 677-678. doi: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000436758.43235.d5
2013
Journal Article
Comparison of a single vs. a four intradermal sterile water injection for relief of lower back pain for women in labour: a randomised controlled trial
Lee, Nigel, Webster, Joan, Beckmann, Michael, Gibbons, Kristen, Smith, Tric, Stapleton, helen and Kildea, Sue (2013). Comparison of a single vs. a four intradermal sterile water injection for relief of lower back pain for women in labour: a randomised controlled trial. Midwifery, 29 (6), 585-591. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.05.001
2013
Journal Article
Impact on Caesarean section rates following injections of sterile water (ICARIS): a multicentre randomised controlled trial
Lee, Nigel, Mårtensson, Lena B., Homer, Caroline, Webster, Joan, Gibbons, Kristen, Stapleton, Helen, Dos Santos, Natalie, Beckmann, Michael, Gao, Yu and Kildea, Sue (2013). Impact on Caesarean section rates following injections of sterile water (ICARIS): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13 (May 2013) 105, 105.1-105.10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-105
2013
Journal Article
Customised birthweight models: Do they increase identification of at-risk infants?
Gibbons, Kristen, Chang, Allan, Flenady, Vicki, Mahomed, Kassam, Gardener, Glenn, Gray, Peter H., Beckmann, Michael and Rossouw, Dominique (2013). Customised birthweight models: Do they increase identification of at-risk infants?. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49 (5), 380-387. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12189
2013
Journal Article
Antenatal perineal massage for reducing perineal trauma
Beckmann, Michael M. and Stock, Owen M. (2013). Antenatal perineal massage for reducing perineal trauma. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013 (4) CD005123, 1-60. doi: 10.1002/14651858.cd005123.pub3
2013
Journal Article
Women's views of a fertility awareness and hormonal support approach to subfertility
McLindon, Lucas Anthony, Beckmann, Michael, Flenady, Vicki, McIntyre, H. David and Chapman, Michael (2013). Women's views of a fertility awareness and hormonal support approach to subfertility. Human Fertility, 16 (4), 252-257. doi: 10.3109/14647273.2013.843791
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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