Jo Gould
Contact details
About
Overview
Jo Gould is a Midwife and full-time PhD research student at the Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research. She was awarded a PhD studentship in 2024 to research interprofessional collaboration on UK labour wards.
Project Title
‘What are the barriers and facilitators of effective interdisciplinary collaboration on UK labour wards? An Ethnographic study’.
The aim of the research is to provide a contemporary, in-depth examination of interdisciplinary collaboration on UK labour wards.
Supervisors
Ist Supervisor Professor Christine McCourt
2nd Supervisor Dr Cassandra Yuill
Qualifications
- Professional Midwifery Advocate, Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom, March 2024
- PGCE Health & Social Care Education, NMC Teacher Qualification & Fellow HEA, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, September 2014 - June 2016
- MA Midwifery, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, September 2003 - June 2010
- Diploma in Higher Education & Registered Midwife, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, 1996 - November 1999
- BA (Hons) Architecture, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, September 1987 - June 1990
Employment
- Lead Midwife for Education, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, November 2021 - February 2024
- Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, May 2014 - June 2024
- Midwife/Audit Lead Midwife, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom, January 2011 - May 2014
- Clinical Skills Facilitator/Practice Education Midwife, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom, January 2006 - June 2010
- Midwife/Senior Midwife, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom, November 1999 - December 2004
Publications
Publications by category
Chapter
- Gould, J. (2023). Communication in practice: labour. In Staras, T. (Ed.), Communication in Midwifery Theory and Practice Elsevier. ISBN 9780323883993.
Conference paper and proceedings
- Gould, J. (2023). Red Flags for Episiotomy in a Midwife-led Birth. Maternity & Midwifery Forum 9 February-, London.
Internet publication
- Gould, J. and MacLellan, J.(2022).Episiotomy in Labour, Should I Have One? All 4 Maternity.
Journal articles (7)
- MacLellan, J., Webb, S.S., Byrne, C., Brace, E., Glyn‐Jones, E., Edwards, E.... Gould, J. (2023). Informed consent in episiotomy: Co‐analysis with midwives and distillation of best practice. Birth, 50(4), pp. 773-780. doi:10.1111/birt.12721
- Gould, J., Webb, S.S., Byrne, C., Brace, E., Cleary, J., Dow, L.... MacLellan, J. (2023). Red flags for episiotomy in a midwife-led birth: Using co-production with midwives to capture clinical experience. Women and Birth, 36(2), pp. 217-223. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2022.06.009
- MacLellan, J., Gould, J. and Lewis-Tulett, S. (2021). Midwifery Assessment of the Perineum After Childbirth: An Exploration of Competence and Confidence8. The Practising midwife, 24(05). doi:10.55975/xanl4314
- Gould, J. (2019). Storytelling, midwifery knowledge and physiological birth. Practising Midwife, 22(11), pp. 8-13
- Gould, J., Gowers, D. and Winter, C. (2018). Student-led antenatal classes: A partnership pilot project. Midwifery, 62, pp. 196-198. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2018.03.025
- Gould, J. (2017). Storytelling in midwifery: Is it time to value our oral tradition? British Journal of Midwifery, 25(1), pp. 41-45. doi:10.12968/bjom.2017.25.1.41
- Gould, J. (2016). Metamorphosis: the journey from practice to education. Midirs Midwifery Digest, 26 (1)(March 2016), pp. 11-14
Posters (2)
- Gould, J., Gowers, D. and Winter, C. Student-led Antenatal Classes: a pilot partnership project. International Midwifery Education Conference, 2018.
- Gould, J. Storytelling in Midwifery: is it Time to Value our Oral Tradition? 12th International Normal Labour & Birth Conference, 2017.