Rate My Professor Kassie Daw

Kassie Daw is a Lecturer in Midwifery and Program Coordinator for undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programs at Adelaide University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health. Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a midwife, she holds a Graduate Certificate in Midwifery specializing in perinatal mental health, a Master of Primary Maternity Care with research on online antenatal education, certification as a Lactation Consultant, and is a PhD candidate exploring interprofessional approaches to advance breastfeeding as a public health priority. With over 20 years in midwifery, her career includes clinical practice as a Midwife and Associate Midwifery Unit Manager at Women's and Children's Hospital South Australia, tertiary education, research, editorial, policy, and regulatory roles. She coordinates courses including Primary Midwifery Practice, Midwifery Practice Experience 1, Experiential Learning Activity: Midwifery Foundation Practicum 1, and Midwifery Practice Development Practicum 3.

Her research interests encompass digital health capabilities, reworking learning designs for midwifery students across delivery modes, and tailoring online learning to embed cultural principles for safety. Key publications include Whitworth et al. (2024), 'Digital transformation of antenatal education: A descriptive exploratory study of women's experiences of online antenatal education' (Women and Birth, 37(1), 188-196); Whitworth et al. (2024), 'Women's experiences of online antenatal education: An integrative literature review' (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80(5), 1761-1775); and SA Health guidelines: Postpartum Haemorrhage (2024), Shoulder Dystocia (2024), Uterine Inversion (2023). Awards for teaching include Australian Award for University Teaching nomination (2025), Elsevier Caroline Homer Best New Writer Award Top 4 Finalist (2024), Yaitya Tirka Aboriginal Learning Team Award (2024), Unstoppable Team Award for Innovation in Teaching (2024), and Unstoppable Early-Career Teaching Award (2023). She belongs to the Australian College of Midwives, Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives, and others, with expertise in Aboriginal health, infant care, lactation, midwifery education, and perinatal wellbeing.