Rate My Professor Peta Winters-Chang

Peta Winters-Chang is a Lecturer and Program Lead for the Bachelor of Midwifery and Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery (Dual Degree) programs in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at the University of Queensland. She holds a Masters (Coursework) from the University of Southern Queensland, and is qualified as a Registered Midwife (RM) and Registered Nurse (RN). Winters-Chang has been involved in midwifery education at UQ since at least 2007, when she served as a clinical lecturer and midwife for the inaugural Bachelor of Midwifery program at UQ Ipswich. In her current roles, she coordinates key clinical courses including Clinical Midwifery Practice 2 (MIDW1105), Clinical Midwifery Practice 5 (MIDW3102), Clinical Midwifery Practice 6 (MIDW3104), and Clinical Midwifery Practice 7 (NUMW3204), providing essential hands-on training for midwifery students. She is available for higher degree research supervision.

Winters-Chang's research specializations and academic interests encompass midwifery education, midwifery students' perceptions of essential qualities in preceptors, consent during labour and birth, emerging midwifery leadership through electronic portfolios and reflective practice, and the nature of nursing and midwifery work. Her scholarly contributions include peer-reviewed journal articles such as 'Consent during labour and birth as observed by midwifery students: a mixed methods study' (Women and Birth, 2023, co-authored with Lee, Kearney, Shipton et al.); 'A literature review to determine midwifery students’ perceived essential qualities of preceptors to increase confidence and competence in the clinical environment' (Women and Birth, 2021, with Ball and Peacock); ''The pure hard slog that nursing is...': a qualitative analysis of the nature of nursing work' (Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2014, with Bogossian and Tuckett); and '‘Why nurses are leaving the profession...lack of support from managers’: what nurses from an e-cohort study said' (International Journal of Nursing Practice, 2014, with Tuckett, Bogossian and Wood). She has also presented at major conferences, including the 33rd International Confederation of Midwives Triennial Congress (2023), the 31st Triennial International Confederation of Midwives Congress (2017), the Australian College of Midwives National Conference (2018), the Nursing and Midwifery Leadership Conference (2017), and ISSOTL 2024. Through her teaching, research, and conference presentations, Winters-Chang contributes to enhancing midwifery pedagogy and professional development in the field.