I am a Senior Lecturer teaching, supervising and examining research at undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD levels. I have PGR senior supervisor status.
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
I enjoy supporting clinicians in evaluating research findings to influence their own professional practice.
I am involved in university quality assurance processes such as the scrutiny and validation of new degrees and I am a member of the School Quality Panel.
I have held External Examiner appointments at the University of East Anglia and Oxford Brookes University (School of Health and Social Care: MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert. Rehabilitation).
Post professional qualifications:
PhD: Role change, identity, and personal/professional development in radiography: dialogues, discourses, directions University of East Anglia, September 1992 to September 1998
Bachelor of Education Honours Degree for Teachers in the Paramedical Professions (first class) University of East Anglia, September 1989 to June 1992
Teaching qualifications:
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching Sheffield Hallam University, September 2001 to July 2002
Further and Adult Education Teacher Certificate (City and Guilds 7307) Norwich City College, September 1988 to June 1989
Clinical Tutor Certificate of the College of Radiographers Leeds School of Radiography, September 1988
Professional education and training
Diploma of the College of Radiographers Hull School of Radiography, 1982 to 1985.
I teach Evidence Based Practice and Research Methods mainly at postgraduate level and I lead the Researching Practice (year three) component of the MSc Advanced Practice Programmes:
- MSc Advanced Musculoskeletal Practice
- MSc Advanced Respiratory Care
- MSc Advanced Assessment and Outcome Measures
- PGCert Transforming Practice
- MSc Professional Health and Social Care
- MSc Leadership in Health and Social Care
I have PGR senior supervisor status, having successfully co-supervised a PhD in The Measurement of Balance for People who have Multiple Sclerosis and a PhD in Priorities and Barriers to Research in Health Librarianship. I subsequently supervised a PhD on the impact of working with eating disordered clients on the counsellor's embodied subjectivity, and currently supervise PhD, EdD and Masters research degree students in areas of Advanced Clinical Practice, Imposter Syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Paramedic Education, Sport and Disability, Preceptorship for Allied Health Professionals, and Simulated Professional Practice.
My own current research interests relate to Continuing Professional Development for Allied Health Professionals and Health Coaching.
