Amita Ray

Madhubani Medical College, India

Prof. Dr. Amita Ray MBBS, MS, has worked as a clinician and medical teacher in various medical colleges all over India for the past thirty years. She has a master’s degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She held a fellowship in Urogynecology and Gynae-Oncology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, and a fellowship in High-Risk Pregnancy Management at the Royal Oman Hospital, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. She is passionate about her work among underprivileged women with pregnancy complications in tribal and rural areas. Dr. Ray is equally passionate about medical education. She completed a master’s in Health Professionals Education and is a teaching faculty at a medical college. She has guided several post-graduate dissertations and introduced several innovative projects in health education, which have improved medical teacher efficiency in resource-constrained settings as a part of her Foundation for Advancement of Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) Fellowship. She has several publications in reputed national and international journals including British, American, and South Asian journals of obstetrics and gynecology. She has authored and co-authored several book chapters in obstetrics and gynecology textbooks used as a part of undergraduate and postgraduate education in India. She is passionate about evidence-based medicine and is an active member of different Cochrane Groups. She has authored and co-authored Cochrane Reviews for the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group, Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis Group, and Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group. Dr. Ray is currently a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Madhubani Medical College India. She is also the Vice Principal and the Skill Lab in charge at the same institution.

Amita Ray

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Empowering Midwives and Obstetric Nurses is a practical approach to understanding the health of women and newborns. It supports learning and prepares readers for the challenges faced in contemporary midwifery healthcare. Written by experts in the field, this book provides an overview, highlights important features, and brings to light certain contemporary issues pertaining to the science and art of midwifery.

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