DrLorraine Carroll

Lorraine has extensive experience in teaching and curriculum development since joining UCD in 2012. She has held various teaching, learning, and leadership roles including Module coordinator and Programme Director. Lorraine has previously coordinated the design and development of new undergraduate curricula for the BSc and the Higher Diploma in Midwifery programmes following the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland publication of Midwife Registration Programmes Standards and Requirements (NMBI, 2016) and contributed to the development of NMBI National Competency Assessment documents.

Currently, Lorraine is the External Examiner for the BSc Midwifery Programme at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Lorraine is an experienced taught Master’s thesis supervisor for the Evidence Translation or Evidence Synthesis strand. Lorraine is actively supervising Masters by Research and PhD students.

Lorraine is currently the Programme Director for UCD's Higher Diploma in Midwifery. She coordinates and teaches two modules at undergraduate level, NMHS 10390 Essence of Midwifery Practice (10 credits) and NMHS33410 Complexities of Labour and Birth (5 credits). Lorraine enjoys teaching all aspects of midwifery practice both in the classroom and clinical simulation laboratory, including essential skills for midwifery practice and complex pregnancy and birth.