I was appointed as a full time lecturer at York St John University in 2005 during which time I completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice and an MSc in Professional Health Studies winning the postgraduate prize, and subsequently developed to become a senior lecturer. I am also the admissions tutor for the Pre-registration MSc programme.
I graduated from Keele University with a BSc in Physiotherapy and completed my junior rotations as a physiotherapist before specialising in musculoskeletal outpatients. To further develop my experience I also worked in a private practice and an orthopaedic department in New Zealand as a musculoskeletal specialist.
Academic and professional qualifications
- MSc Professional Health Studies, Leeds University
- Post Graduate Certificate Academic Practice, York St John University
- BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, Keele University
- Member of the Health Care Professions Council
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Member of the New Zealand Society of Physiotherapy
My current teaching role has been across a range of modules and programmes with contributions to both the undergraduate BSc and pre-registration MSc Physiotherapy Degree course.
- Undergraduate Physiotherapy BSc
- Module Director: Foundations of Physiotherapy Practice
- Teaching team: Specialisms of Physiotherapy, Mandatory training
- Research supervision: Dissertation
- Pre-registration Physiotherapy MSc
- Module director: Physiotherapy Practice two
- Teaching team: Physiotherapy Practice one, Mandatory training
- Research supervision: Research in Practice One and Research in Practice Two
My main research interest is linked to my background knowledge of musculoskeletal physiotherapy and my previous teaching on the cardio-vascular respiratory module investigating the impact of exercise in cardiac patients and developing safe exercise prescription guidelines.
External networks
- Fellow Higher Education Academy
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Member of the Health Care Professions Council External Examiner
- Registered as an External Examiner with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- BSc Physiotherapy at Salford University
Reviewer
- International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
Clinical experience
- Junior Physiotherapist Weston-Super-Mare Hospital General Rotations
- Pitch Side Physiotherapist Weston -Super-Mare Rugby Club
- Senior II Physiotherapist South Manchester University Hospital Trust MSK Outpatients
- Senior I Physiotherapist Whangarei Hospital and White Cross Court Treatment Centre New Zealand MSK Outpatients
- Bank Physiotherapist Nuffield Hospital York MSK In-Patients
