Jacqueline Frayne

Jacqueline Frayne is a GP who divides her career between clinical practice, academic work and research. She works in a community General Practice where she not only manages the care of patients but also supervisor’s medical students through their GP clinical placements. She works additionally as a medical officer at King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women (KEMH). Her work there is centred on antenatal care, though a significant proportion of this is involved in care for women with a severe mental illness in pregnancy through a dedicated clinic. She is also an academic, teaching at the University in General Practice and clinical skills. Her research interest commenced after completing a Masters in Women’ Health at Melbourne University in 2000. She is currently completing her PhD on antenatal care and identifying factors associated with poorer outcomes in pregnant women with a diagnosed severe mental illness.

Anaemia in pregnancy
Clinical reasoning in the teaching of medical students
Trauma informed care

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Pregnancy in women with severe mental illness
Thinh N. Nguyen, Deb Faulkner, Jacqueline Frayne, Suzanna Allen, Yvonne L. Hauck, Daniel Rock, Jonathan Rampono. The obstetric and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women with severe mental illness (SMI) attending a specialist antenatal clinic. Medical Journal of Australia, 16 April 2012.
This research is cited in the new Australian Antenatal care guidelines (2018) and the COPE Perinatal mental health guidelines.