Staff Profile
Katie Edwards
Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy
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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
- School – School of Science, Technology and Health
- Email – k.edwards@yorksj.ac.uk
- Phone – 01904 876 354
Further information
Teaching
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
Research
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.
Professional activities
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 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Member of the Health Care Professions Council
- Member of the New Zealand Society of Physiotherapy
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
Conferences
Conference presentations
Bryant K, Bates L, Paulger D, Riley D, Sonvico L, Travers S, Thompson C, O’Byrne K (2009) An investigation of the physiological and rating of perceived exertion responses to varying degrees of active leg movement during upper limb shoulder press resisted exercise in standing in healthy subjects. Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Congress. Liverpool. October 2009
O’Byrne K, Doherty P (2009) A repeated measures study investigating the impact of lower limb facilitatory activity on haemodynamic and rating of perceived exertion response during upper limb resistance exercise in a cardiac population. North of England Cardiovascular network. Yarm. 27th March 2009
O’Byrne K (2009) Workshop: Key Aspects of the IRAS Application York St John University & Yorkshire AHP Research and Effectiveness Forum Annual Conference December 16th 2009.
O’Byrne K (2009) Resistance Exercise in a Cardiac Population, York St John University & Yorkshire AHP Research and Effectiveness Forum
