Associate Professor Linda Sweet
Academic Status
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
A/Prof Linda Sweet is a nurse and midwife with broad experience in many different clinical environments, management, research and education. Linda was formerly the Head of Midwifery and HDR Coordinator at Flinders University, and now has full academic status. She is the deputy editor of the international journal Women and Birth and associate editor for BMC Medical Eduction. Linda is a panel member for NMBA and a memeber of the Midwifery Accreditation Committee for ANMAC.
ORCHID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-1186
RN, RM, NICC, Cert IV Training and Assessment
BNg (Flin), MNgS (Flin), PhD (UniSA), GCTEd (Flin)
Former IBCLC
- 2017 Fellow of the Australian College of Midwives
- 2016 Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators
- 2015 Billett, S, Sweet, L and colleagues, OLT research grant $467,000
- 2013 Nominee South Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards, Research Category
- 2013 Sweet, L and Graham, K Faculty Teaching and Learning Innovation Grant
- 2011 Sweet, L Executive Dean's Teaching Excellence Award winner
- 2010 Sweet, L and Glover, P Winner: ANZAME National research award
- 2006 Sweet, L National Ahmeda competitive scholarship for the International Board of Lactation Consultants examination, 2006.
- 2006 Sweet, L Winner: prestigious Mary Paton biannual national Australian Breastfeeding Association award, for the best original breastfeeding research paper titled "Breastfeeding a preterm infant and the objectification of breastmilk";
- 2005 Sweet, L PhD "Parents' experiences of breastfeeding a very low birth weight preterm infant from birth to twelve months of age"
Linda maintains her academic status to undertake research and supervise postgraduate research students from projects and minor theses to Higher Degree by Research students.
- Midwifery
- Maternal and infant nutrition
- Sexual health
- Research methods and research supervision
- Facilitating clinical education
- Teachng and Learning
Editor
- Deputy Editor for Women and Birth, Journal of the Australian College of Midwives
- Associate Editor for BMC Medical Education
Peer Reviewer
- Women and Birth
- BMC Medical Education
- BMC Nursing
- Midwifery
- Journal of Human Lactation
- Breastfeeding Review
- Vocations in Learning
- Nurse Education in Practice
- Nurse Education Today
- Australian Journal of Rural Health
- Rural and Remote Health
- Focus on Health Professional Education
- Australian Journal Ultrasound in Medicine
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
- Sentinel reader for McMaster Online Rating of Evidence (MORE)
Professional Memberships
- Australian College of Midwives (Fellow)
- Australian and New Zealand Association of Helath Professional Educators (Fellow)
- Australian Collaborative Education Network
- Australian Women's Health Network (former Board member)
- Sigma Theta Tau member
International teaching: Teaching and learning for health professionals
- Surabaya & Jakarta, Indonesia 2018
- Surabaya, Kupang & Jakarta, Indonesia 2017
- Suva, Fiji 2017
- Koror, Palau 2016
- Suva, Fiji 2016
- Surabaya, Jember, Palankraya, Bandung & Malang, Indonesia 2015
- Port Vila, Vanuatu 2015
- Honiara, Solomon Islands 2015
- Kiribati 2015
- Suva, Fiji 2013
- Ende, Indonesia 2009
International teaching: Research skills
- Surabaya, Indonesia 2015
- Papua New Guniea 2010
Past roles
- Former Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative accredited educator and assessor
- Former International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
- Former SOM member of the Flinders University Faculty of Health Science Board
- Breastfeeding
- Midwifery
- Pregnancy
- Women
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