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Scholars at Work Series

Welcome to Scholars at Work.

An opportunity to hear about the wide and varied work being undertaken across Nursing and Midwifery.

Session are held online via Zoom from 12.00 -13.00 or 13.00 - 14.00. Bring your lunch and enjoy!

We look forward to seeing you at one of our session

Best wishes,

Dr Sinead Mehigan
Head of Department, Nursing and Midwifery

Aneta Polec
Senior Lecturer in Nursing

Ricardo Smith
Departmental Administrator

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Scholars at Work 2023/2024

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Welcome to the seventh season of Scholars at Work!

Session are online via Zoom from 12.00 - 13.00 or 13.00 - 14.00

Dates	Presenter	New/ Update	Title
18/10/2023 12:00 - 13:00	Aneta Polec	New	The implications of Covid-19 on the experiences of nursing associate students in practice
19/11/2023 13:00 - 14:00	Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled
06/12/2023 13:00 - 14:00	Mike O'Driscoll	New	Media Representations of Privatisation in the NHS
17/01/2024 12:00 - 13:00	Marion Hinds & Carol Graves	New	The Professional Nurse Advocate Role - A New Quality Initiative for Healthcare
08/02/2024 13:00 - 14:00	Helen Allan	New	Behind the screens in vaccination centre: constructing a public resource to inform future healthcare.
11/03/2024 12:00 - 13:00	Elda Nikolou Walker	New	Interprofessional Theory & Practice - Lessons from Work-Based Learning
17/04/2024 12:00 - 13:00	Helen Allan	New	Towards a theory of recontextualization in SBE in nursing education.
29/04/2024 13:00 - 14:00	Orla Hilary	New	Environmental sustainability in simulation.
15/05/2024 12:00 - 13:00
03/06/2024 12:00 - 14:00	Pam Hodge	New	Exploring service users experiences in adult social care of being cared for by and interacting with nursing students: Early Findings.

April 2024 Session: Towards a theory of recontextualization in SBE in nursing education.

Helen T Allan - Professor in Nursing

Biography

Professor Helen Allan PhD PGDE BSc (Hons) RN RNT FRCN, nurse leader, known for her interest in the role of emotions in clinical practice and their effect on learning, the role of emotions in caring in reproductive care as well as her research into nurse migration.

Allan trained at University College Hospital London, qualified in 1978, registered in 1979 and went on to work in acute care for thirteen years. After gaining a BSc in Sociology from the London School of Economics in 1990, Allan taught social sciences at Bloomsbury college of Nursing & Midwifery. In 1992, Allan completed both the Nurse Teacher Training course at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Post Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Manchester.

From 1996 to 2000, Allan lectured at and became module director at RCN Institute for undergraduate and master qualifications. In 2000 Allan was awarded her PhD from University of Manchester. Following this, Allan became a senior lecturer at RCN Development Centre, South Bank University.

From 2002 to 2008, Allan worked as a research fellow at the European Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, whilst gaining various qualifications in psychodynamic theory. Allan then worked as both a Reader in Nursing (2010–2012) and a Professor in Clinical Nursing Practice (2012–2013) at the University of Surrey. In 2013 Allan joined the University of York as Professor for Nursing. She joined Middlesex University as Professor of Nursing in 2014 and jointly set up the Centre for Critical Research in Nursing & Midwifery with Professor Sue Dyson and Professor Michael Traynor in 2015.

Allan gave her Professorial Inaugural Lecture at Middlesex University in December 2015 'Being critical: an uncomfortable sociological positioning for a nurse?'

Professor Helen Allan was awarded fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing, FRCN, in 2023.

H.Allan@mdx.ac.uk

Session outline:

This paper continues work by Rooney and Nystrom (2018, 53) which ‘problematises and disrupts homogeneous understandings of the simulation space as found in much of the health sciences literature’. Hopwood et al. (2016) argue that “SBE has grown markedly in many disciplines as a means to bring ….. (universities and professional practices) closer together” (2016, 165). Relationships between clinical practice and nurse education remain complex (Hopwood et al., 2016; Author & Author, 2022). Recent stresses on health systems have led to a rethinking about how and where healthcare students learn by both universities and health organisations (Gutierrez et al., 2007; Cook et al., 2011; Haerling, 2018; Rooney & Nystrom, 2018; Waxman et al., 2019). SBE has been seen as a partial replacement for clinical placements (Rochester et al., 2012), to serve as a bridge between theory and work (Gonzi, 2013) as well as a means to resolve some of the problems identified in the literature. Drawing on observation data from an evaluation of a pilot of SBE at one university in London, England, we argue that SBE was introduced as a system response to structural barriers to learning for students in clinical placements. However, we suggest that SBE may form another barrier to learning in reinforcing the theory-practice split for students between university education and professional practices.
March 2024 Session: Interprofessional Theory & Practice: Lessons from Work-Based Learning

Elda Nikolou-Walker - Senior Lecturer

Biography

Dr Elda Nikolou-Walker EdD, is a Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University, London. Her research interests focus on work-based and tacit organisational learning, including self-reflective practice and ethnographic/ autoethnographic research.

Her latest book is Interprofessional And Intraprofessional Teamwork And Handovers in Healthcare: Challenges And Recommendations From Work-Based Learning, by Carlo Lazzari, Carol Costley & Elda Nikolou-Walker (Libri Publishing), 2024, ISBN978-1-911451-24-2.

E.Nikolou-Walker@mdx.ac.uk

Session outline:

This session will explore the definitions and theoretical and practical nature of the inter-intraprofessional and collaborative practice in the workplace. The topic of healthcare professionals and policy-makers who are aiming to improve integrated care reliant upon evidence-based theory and practice, will also be explored.
February 2024 Session: Behind the screens in the vaccination centre: constructing a public resource to inform future healthcare.

Helen T Allan - Professor in Nursing

Biography

Professor Helen Allan PhD PGDE BSc (Hons) RN RNT FRCN, nurse leader, known for her interest in the role of emotions in clinical practice and their effect on learning, the role of emotions in caring in reproductive care as well as her research into nurse migration.

Allan trained at University College Hospital London, qualified in 1978, registered in 1979 and went on to work in acute care for thirteen years. After gaining a BSc in Sociology from the London School of Economics in 1990, Allan taught social sciences at Bloomsbury college of Nursing & Midwifery. In 1992, Allan completed both the Nurse Teacher Training course at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Post Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Manchester.

From 1996 to 2000, Allan lectured at and became module director at RCN Institute for undergraduate and master qualifications. In 2000 Allan was awarded her PhD from University of Manchester. Following this, Allan became a senior lecturer at RCN Development Centre, South Bank University.

From 2002 to 2008, Allan worked as a research fellow at the European Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, whilst gaining various qualifications in psychodynamic theory. Allan then worked as both a Reader in Nursing (2010–2012) and a Professor in Clinical Nursing Practice (2012–2013) at the University of Surrey. In 2013 Allan joined the University of York as Professor for Nursing. She joined Middlesex University as Professor of Nursing in 2014 and jointly set up the Centre for Critical Research in Nursing & Midwifery with Professor Sue Dyson and Professor Michael Traynor in 2015.

Allan gave her Professorial Inaugural Lecture at Middlesex University in December 2015 'Being critical: an uncomfortable sociological positioning for a nurse?'

Professor Helen Allan was awarded fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing, FRCN, in 2023.

h.allan@mdx.ac.uk

Session outline:

The COVID pandemic forced healthcare professionals (HCPs) to work differently (Ashcroft et al., 2023; Yorke et al., 2023). HCPs had to respond to challenges rapidly (CQC, 2020). The CQC (2020) described this as a rapid transformation ‘in clinical practice, new approaches to delivering care, and a greater understanding of the skill, value and flexibility of the whole health and care workforce.’ The CQC reports examples of collaboration between hospitals, primary care, social services and community services. In this session we suggest that working in the NHS during the vaccination programme in one area of London, North Central London, showed interprofessional working which moved beyond collaboration between HCPs to include the above services working interprofessionally with volunteers, voluntary agencies and local businesses.
January 2024 Session: The Professional Nurse Advocate role - a new Quality Initiative for Healthcare

Marion Hinds and Carol Graves - Senior Lecturers in Nursing

Biographies

Marion Hinds is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing. She has an MA in Policy, Organisation and Change in professional care and is a registered teacher with the NMC. Academic experience includes lecturing and module leadership and development on pre and post registration programmes. She has a particular interest in the effectiveness of assessment strategies, the theory and practice of the nursing process and care, as well as diversity and cultural awareness. Marion has also presented at national and international conferences and will co-present at the upcoming RCN Education and Conference Exhibition 2024 on Quality Improvement.

M.Hinds@mdx.ac.uk

Carol Graves is a Senior Lecturer with experience as a module and programme leader as well as Director of Programmes and is a registered nurse, NMC teacher and HEA Fellow. She has played a role in designing curriculum, creating engaging learning experiences, and overseeing the overall educational journey of students. Her dedication to student success is reflected in her interest in progression and support for students. In her new role as Lead for Progression and Support of Adult Nurses Carol is known for fostering an inclusive and supportive learning environment. She has an interest in leadership development and her leadership style is characterized by a balance of empathy, strategic thinking, and a focus on continuous improvement.

C.Graves@mdx.ac.uk

Session outline:

In March 2021, in response to the unprecedented effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare workforce, the Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) role was introduced by NHS England. The PNA module aims to develop the use of critical appraisal to increase understanding of the role of the PNA including a review of key skills and knowledge of leadership. This is in conjunction with the A-EQUIP model which is utilised to enhance the personal and professional practice in the clinical setting. The A-EQUIP model stems from the three functions of clinical supervision in Proctor’s (1987) clinical supervision model that is commonly used in health services. This session will provide an overview of the PNA role and NSA4693 module which is a first for Middlesex University.
November 2023 Session: Public Attitudes and Media Coverage in Relation to Privatisation in the NHS

Mike O'Driscoll – Research Assistant

Biography

Mike is a mixed methods researcher with a particular interest in the use of IT in social research. His first degree was in Sociology and Social Policy and he has an MSc in research methods. He is currently a Doctoral student at Middlesex, and his research focusses on aspects of public and health professional attitudes towards privatisation and rationing in the NHS. He has worked in many research environments including local government, charities and academia and he has a considerable experience in evaluations, particularly in health and education settings (this link to publications gives an idea of his research interests https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9221-6164)

M.Odriscoll@mdx.ac.uk

Session outline:

Public support for the NHS remains strong even though satisfaction is declining sharply in the face of increasing difficulty of getting GP appointments and long waiting times for treatment, which (arguably) results from underfunding, a workforce crises and the covid pandemic. Survey research continues to show opposition to privatisation in the NHS but there has been relatively little exploration of what the public or health professionals actually understand by the term privatisation in relation to the NHS (e.g. the term is commonly associated with paying for healthcare or healthcare insurance but privatisation does not necessarily entail charging and can take a wide variety of forms , most commonly private provision of services paid for by the NHS, free at the point of use and often under the NHS ‘Brand’).

The research presented is a content analysis of UK national newspapers in the period 2010 to the present, analysing coverage of privatisation in the NHS, particularly at periods of major legislative change or ‘crisis’ in relation to the NHS, including the covid pandemic.

The methodology combines thematic analysis inspired by the pioneering by the Glasgow Media Group with ‘framing analysis’ (which explores how media content is presented in a way which evokes certain emotions or cultural norms/values) to produce quantitative coding of newspaper articles on selected key (e.g. political affiliation/ ownership of newspaper, length of article, positive / negative attitudes to privatisation) with qualitative open coding of the article content , allowing for a more nuanced and exploratory analysis.

Emerging findings suggest that NHS privatisation is not often reported on in national newspapers, even when major reforms have been enacted in legislation (integrated care systems) which many believe are likely to increase private sector involvement. The various forms of privatisation or their extent are rarely explored. NHS privatisation tends not to be seen as problematic by most newspapers (despite the fact that the public oppose it) and is rarely seem as an explanatory factor in relation to dissatisfaction with the NHS or the performance of the NHS. Many forms of NHS privatisation are little known or discussed in the media (e.g. data sharing with the private sector for various purposes including ‘predictive diagnostics’, trying to determine which individuals or population or most likely to develop certain illnesses or diseases, or residential mental health services which are almost entirely run by private providers). The fact that there is little newspaper coverage of NHS privatisation and that it is often seen as non-problematic or beneficial may be an important factor in explaining why public awareness or understanding of NHS privatisation is low and that may be a barrier to public resistance to government policies which increase NHS privatisation.
October 2023 Session: The implications of COVID-19 on the experiences of nursing associate students in practice.

Aneta Polec –Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing

Biography

Aneta joined the Department of Nursing and Midwifery in 2016. She held a position of Year 2 programme Leader (BSc Adult Nursing) for 3 years. Currently she is contributing to the development, delivery and module leadership on FdSc Nursing Associate as well as BSc Nursing Apprenticeship Programmes. She is a practice support tutor for Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust – Barnet General Hospital site.

Aneta is a Registered Nurse and an NMC approved teacher and trained at Middlesex University (Advanced Diploma in Nursing, MSc in Nursing Education, PG Cert HE Teaching and Learning), University of Hertfordshire (BSc in Contemporary Nursing) and St George’s University (Mentorship for Practice).

She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and RCNi peer reviewer.

A.Polec@mdx.ac.uk

Session outline:

The session will focus on the research which was carried out in partial fulfilment for award of the degree of MSC Advanced Professional Practice in Nursing Education. While outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic had a considerable influence on the healthcare workforce around the globe and in the UK, the study was focused on nursing associate (NA) students due to lack of research amongst this group of professionals. This phenomenological research was conducted with the use of semi structured interviews which took place in December 2021, during which six themes emerged: (1) adverse feelings and emotions, (2) societal pressures, (3) teamwork, (4) learning, (5) personal growth, and (6) coping strategies. During the session Aneta will be presenting the findings and how these could be reflected upon in order to improve student’ experiences in practice and increase their resilience.

Scholars at Work 2022/2023

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Welcome to the sixth season of Scholars at Work!

Session are online via Zoom from 12.30 - 13.30.

Link to Zoom

Dates	Presenter	New/ Update	Title
12/01/2023	Sinead Mehigan	New	Facilitating Expansive Learning in Practice - working across systems
25/01/2023
6/02/2023	Katja Jung and Grace Lapwoch	New	An exploration how Graduate Trainee Mental Health Worker`s service evaluations on recovery and social inclusion impact NHS Mental Health services
23/02/2023
6/03/2023	Helen Allan, Michael Traynor + others	New	Book overview: "Racism in Nursing and Midwifery"
23/03/2023
18/04/2023	Su Everitt and Alison Harris	New	Hybrid Teaching to Non-Medical Prescribing Students.
3/05/2023	Helen Allan	New	A commentary on what final year undergraduate student nurses perceive is the role of the registered nurse and who they learn this from.

Session 1: Facilitating expansive learning in practice – expanding the boundaries of practice education

Dr Sinead Mehigan – Head of Nursing and Midwifery, Middlesex University and Associate Programme Director, North Central London ICS Nursing Workforce Programme. S.Mehigan@mdx.ac.uk

Biography

Heads up a department focused on developing nursing, midwifery and nursing associate workforce in partnership with local healthcare providers. Academic work relates to perioperative nursing, mentorship, preceptorship, workforce development, partnership working and nursing retention. Currently working on engaging students in practice learning and in the development of nursing associates.

With a clinical background in perioperative nursing, has had a range of secondments over her career - in clinical practice, clinical commissioning, and initial programme manager of the Capital Nurse programme. Currently working with North Central London ICS managing a number of projects related to nursing workforce development.

Nikita Hill - Senior Nurse Undergraduate Education, UCLH

nikitahill@nhs.net

Biography

Works as Senior Nurse Undergraduate Education, at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has 21 years of nursing experience. The latter 13 years of her career focuses on clinical education and quality of the student nurse learning experience.

Nikita's educational background spans from Barbados to the UK where she developed keen interest in mentoring. She gained a BSc in Clinical Professional Practice with a specialised focus on Plastic Reconstructive Surgery. Nikita went on to achieve her Post Graduate Certificate in Health and Social Care Education from the University of Brighton and other MSc level studies at London Southbank University.

Theme paper – under Learning, teaching and assessment strategies

Category of paper - Innovation

Abstract

Session aim:

To share the approach we are using to introduce a system-wide model of clinical practice learning for pre-registration nursing students.

Objectives:

Outline the background to this development

Define Expansive Learning in practice – and why it matters

Explore what is currently working, in terms of supporting practice learning across an Integrated Health System (ICS)

Key messages from evaluation

Discussion of lessons learnt so far
Session 2:

Speakers: Katja Jung and Grace Lapwoch

Topic: An exploration how Trainee Mental Health Worker`s service evaluations on recovery and social inclusion impact NHS Mental Health services

Session outline: We all know, that promoting social inclusion and recovery lies at the heart of contemporary Mental Health care and we want to find out, if these service reviews have/had a practical impact and improve Service Users` outcomes in terms of social inclusion and recovery.

Biographies:

Presenter: Katja Jung –

Katja joined the Department of Mental Health and Social Work at Middlesex University in 2019.

She is the Programme Lead for PgDip Mental Health Nursing (year 2) and module leader for BSC and PgDip Mental Health Nursing. She is the Clinical Link for Camden and Islington NHS/Mental Health Trust.

Katja is a Professional Academic and Registered Mental Health Nurse and was trained at Middlesex University/Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust (PgDip Mental Health Nursing).

She holds a MSc in Sociology / Social Sciences (Free University, Berlin and University of East London), a PgCE for Secondary Schools in Social Sciences (Institute of Education, London), a PgCERT for Higher Education (Middlesex University, London).

She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

K.Jung@mdx.ac.uk

Presenter: Grace Lapwoch -

Grace joined Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust as a graduate trainee mental health worker in 2015, under the Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Practice scheme with Middlesex University. In 2019, she was seconded as an Associate Lecturer and my Care Academy Practice Lead to work with Middlesex University.

Grace currently works as an Associate Mental Practitioner with BEH, a champion of the DIALOG+, and volunteer team lead for training. Grace has been participating in the Q&A sessions on social inclusion and recovery module, working alongside Katja to provide feedback for formative assessment on service reviews since 2019. She is also an Academic Marking Assistant with Coventry University.

She provides private consultations and mentorship to students on BSc nursing, Psychology, BA health and social care, MA social work and MSc public health.

Grace is a Chartered Psychologist. She holds a PhD in Psychology (peace and conflict studies) specialising in mother and child trauma from University of Ulster, PgCert in Higher Education from Middlesex University and MSc in Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health from London Metropolitan University.

Grace has presented at national and international conferences and co-authored two book chapters on social identity and conflict, and transgenerational war trauma and peacebuilding.

She is a member of the British Psychological Society, American Psychological Association, the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, and Society of Research in Child Development.

g.lapwoch-whitered@nhs.net
Session 3:

Topic: Writing about racism in nursing and midwifery, a collaborative effort.

Speakers: Petula Gordon, Iyore Monday Ugiagbe, Helen Allan, Michael Traynor

Session outline: In this talk we will discuss a collaborative book project on racism in nursing and midwifery. Helen and Michael will introduce the project and the motivations for undertaking this work. Monday and Petula will present their work as exemplars of racism in nursing and midwifery, focusing particularly on the role of reflexivity in the research process.

Biographies:

Presenter: Petula Gordon

Petula Gordon is a nurse and works as an independent contractor where she specialises in Infection Prevention and Control. She also has a keen interest in Clinical Supervision because it is a forum where nurses can reflect on their practice and explore their own personal and emotional reactions to their work which in turn can help to facilitate the provision of high quality, safe and effective patient care.

Academically, Petula undertook a Professional Doctorate at Middlesex University where she explored the barriers and opportunities to Black nurses’ professional development in the National Health Service.

Presenter: Iyore Monday Ugiagbe

Iyore Monday Ugiagbe is a registered nurse, Lecturer, Practice Educator and Researcher. Monday’s work revolves mainly around equality, diversity and inclusivity issues in nurse education, policy formulation and practice. He has a keen interest in integrating internationally educated nurses in UK healthcare and a focus on nurse education and internationally educated nurses’ experiences of working in the UK. A recent publication he was involved in has contributed to shaping policies in NMC’s current approach to integrating IEN.

Presenter: Helen Allan

Helen is a nurse, teacher and researcher whose work over the last 20 years has focused on nurse education and overseas nurses’ experiences of working in the UK. As a result she has published about racism in both nurse education and nursing practice. She has supervised PhDs focused in this field. She has latterly written about her white privilege.

Scholars at Work 2021 / 2022
Presenters:    Flora Dangwa, Lecturer in Adult Nursing

Presentation title:    The Walking shoes of an Adult Lecturer during the Pandemic: The untold truths.

Short Biography:   Flora Dangwa is a Lecturer (practice) in Adult Nursing at Middlesex University teaching on the BSc pre-registration nursing and nursing associates programmes. Flora has a special interest in pre-registration nurse education, oncology nursing, patient advocacy and engagement. She is an experienced registered nurse specialised in cancer care and haematology. Prior to moving into higher education Flora was a lecturer/practitioner with focus in haemato-oncology, and systemic anti-cancer therapies at the Royal Marsden NHS Trust before joining Middlesex University. She holds an MSc Advanced Practice in Cancer and currently in her final year to complete her MSc in Health Professions Education. She has used her privilege to engage with fellow nurses, students as well as other healthcare professionals at a global level. She recognises shared educational and collaborative initiatives are important locally and at a global level, and encourages other nurses to use their privilege to benefit nurses in low income and developing economies. All it takes is passion and determination.

Presenters:    Nicky Lambert, Associate Professor in Mental Health

Presentation title: Nursing and social justice or nursing and green healthcare?

Nicky Lambert Biography - Nicky is an Associate Professor (Practice) at Middlesex University, where she is Director of Teaching and Learning for Mental Health and Social Work. She is registered as a Specialist Practitioner (NMC) and is a Senior Teaching Fellow (SFHEA). She is also a co-director of the Centre for Coproduction in Mental Health and Social Care. Nicky has worked across a range of mental health services both in the UK and internationally supporting staff and practice development in acute and mental health trusts, councils, businesses and charities. She is also a Trustee for West Hampstead Women's centre. Nicky has a professional Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/niadla (@niadla) and is keen that all people with and interest in mental health engage together as a community to support good practice and challenge discrimination. She has teaching and research interests in women's health, physical and mental health, co-production, social media and health education. This presentation looks at ways to find your professional voice and use it as a force for positive change.

2021/2022 Presentation and Video links below

26th May 2022

Video:

Presenters:

Anabel Halawi, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery

Yetunde Akinnuoye, Senior Lecture in Midwifery,

Theresa Bourne, Associate Professor Midwifery Studies/Undergraduate Medical Studies

Michael Traynor, Professor Nursing (Trevor Clay Memorial)

Presentation title:            An evaluation of the Better Births pilot in North London.

Biography:

Anabel Halawi, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery

Anabel Halawi has been a midwife for 22 years. Anabel has worked in various London Trusts and in a variety of hospital, community and private settings. Anabel has a particular interest in supporting and improving services for vulnerable woman. Anabel past career includes working as a Sure Start midwife, establishing and becoming the Team leader for one of the first vulnerable teams in London “Unity” which supported many women and families. Anabel has also worked in FNP supporting young mothers. I have been at Middlesex University since 2016 and at present teach the first years in the BSc programme and I am the lead for the MSc Midwifery and MSc ACP Midwifery programme.

Yetunde Akinnuoye, Senior Lecture in Midwifery

Yetunde Akinnuoye is a Senior Midwifery lecturer working at Middlesex University since 2013, with background as a Midwifery Manager and Practice Development Midwives.

Yetunde’s passion is developing future midwifery leaders, which has been reflected in my teaching throughout the years. Yetunde has also garnered international exposure, Twinning with an academic teacher in Nigeria with our students' collaborative teaching and intellectual development across both countries. In addition, Yetunde has been part of the pioneering for changing childbirth within the area of continuity of carer in practice in the UK. Yetunde’s interest is ensuring excellence in midwifery practice and contextualise pedagogy use of simulation to prepare students to be fit for purpose and practice.

Theresa Bourne (MSc PGCCE, PGCert, DPSM, RM, SRN) Associate Professor Midwifery Studies/Undergraduate Medical Studies Lecturer

Theresa is an Associate Professor (practice) in Midwifery and Undergraduate Medical Studies within Middlesex and the Archway Campus for UCL. She teaches within her role a range of individuals including midwifery, medical and nursing students She is involved in the delivery two SIMs packages to this North London Trust including Transition to Parenting and Chaperoning As well as her work in education she continues to work as clinical midwife..

Michael Traynor, Professor Nursing (Trevor Clay Memorial)

Michael Traynor was born in London. He read English Literature at Cambridge University, then completed nursing and health visiting training. He moved to Australia where he was a researcher for the South Australian Health Commission. He worked at the Royal College of Nursing in London and at the Centre for Policy in Nursing Research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He is now Professor of Nursing Policy at the Centre for Critical Research in Nursing and Midwifery at Middlesex University. He is editor of the journal Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine. He recently wrote Critical Resilience for Nurses, published by Routledge in March 2017 and Stories of Resilience in Nursing, 2020.

19th May 2022

Video:

Mary Clark, Senior Lecturer in Primary Care / Child Health

Pam Hodge, Lecturer in Practice Learning

Presentation title:    A blended approach to public health practice learning

Mary Clark (RGN, PGDIPHV, PGDip, PGCertHE, MA) - Mary is a Senior Lecturer in the child health team Middlesex University. Her clinical background includes dermatology ,health visiting and community practitioner nurse prescribing. During her health visiting practice Mary undertook a PGDip in in promoting the mental health of young children in response to her interest in the subject which arose from practice. As a lecturer Mary has a particular interest in public health and introducing the healthy child programme to child health and midwifery students .In her role as link lecturer Mary works closely with her health visiting practice colleagues to support the child health and midwifery students in their placements and maintains links with the current developments in this field of practice.

Previous Scholars at Work Presentations

17th March 2022

Video:

Presenter:                  Professor Helen Allan

Presentation title:     Understanding professional identity: thoughts on research on the gendered nature of nursing

Short Biography:       Helen Allan holds a Chair in Nursing at Middlesex University. Her main areas of research are reproductive health including the experience of infertility and parenting after IVF. Previous work has included a number of projects into clinical learning using ethnographic methodology. She supervises a number of doctoral students.

10th March 2022

Video: Coming Soon

Title:     Serious Gaming in midwifery: teaching communication

Brief outline: We have been researching new ways to teach communication and clinical skills to student midwives. Although simulation is an established method, bridging the theory-practice gap can be challenging for undergraduate healthcare students. To overcome this, we explored the use of serious gaming to teach clinical communication skills. A serious game is a game that entertains but also has a secondary objective, such as learning. In clinical education, these can be used to teach a range of scenarios, from breaking bad news to de-escalating conflict. Using an H5P branching scenario tool, we have developed realistic games based on real world scenarios, that place the learner at the centre of the experience and promote engagement and ownership. Based on constructivist and experiential learning theories, these serious games give students the opportunity to play out scenarios that in real life would be challenging or emotional. It also allows the student time to explore the right and wrong options, away from fear or judgement in the clinical area, whilst receiving constructive feedback. We will be presenting this tool and the research we have conducted.

Biography for Emilie Edwards: Emilie is a midwifery lecturer and registered midwife. Before joining Middlesex, she worked as an independent midwife and has an interest in creating innovative methods to bridging the theory-practice gap.

Biography for Robin Parsons: Robin is a midwifery lecturer and registered midwife. Prior to joining Middlesex, she worked in research and has a special interest in how healthcare professionals communicate with each other and clients.

24^th February 2022

Video:

Presenter:                  Professor Su Everett, Associate Professor in Sexual Health

Presentation title:     Final presentation of the findings from Su Everett’s PhD research. This research looked at our students and their experiences in clinical practice related to sexuality, and what these experiences mean to us as educators.

Biography:                 Su Everett is a Senior Lecturer, she works as a senior nurse practitioner at the Royal Free Hospital in sexual health and HIV.

Previous presentations:

17th February 2022

Video:

Presenter:                  Alvaro Baeza-Nunez, Midwifery Lecturer

Presentation title:      Alvaro Baeza-Nunez & Yetunde Yetunde Akinnuoye during the academic year 20-21, we were all now teaching online from home. However challenging topics such as obstetric emergency managements require vital manoeuvres that cannot be taught only by PowerPoint. Lucina AR is our obstetric augmented reality model, which I used to support Yetunde’ s complex module for our year 3 students. We were able to bring Lucina's holograms AR to each student's house using our Hollo lenses without leaving home. Students felt positive with this and enjoyed their sessions as presented in their feedback. Due to the positive results, our next step is to include this on face to face and online teaching for the module, making lectures interactive, graphic, and engaging for all students.

Biography:              Alvaro Baeza-Nunez, Midwifery Lecturer, qualified as a Midwife from St Bart’s School of Nursing and Midwifery- City University London and worked as a community midwife part of a caseload team in East London before moving to North London as a labour ward midwife. Alvaro has worked in different acute settings within maternity units in London and abroad, where he still manages maternity projects in developing countries.    One of his interests has been high risk pregnancies and HDU care in maternity settings. Part of his postgraduate education was developing his HDU skills and completing his training at King’s College. Alvaro then moved to become a labour ward coordinator, supervisor of midwives and advised on risk management and clinical case reviewer. One of his supervisory projects was including the use of hydrotherapy in the care of high-risk women in labour using telemetric CTG, integrating aspects of normality in acute settings.   His interest in learning and development led him to a career in Education. His strong interest has been complex needs in maternity and linking theory to practice. The combination of education and high-fidelity technology has become of great interest, with his project to develop clinical simulation using high and low fidelity mannequins for the future of midwifery training. The rationale behind this is that if you are prepared for the challenging scenarios and rehearse, then you can provide the best of your abilities as a clinician when this present.

10^th February 2022

Video:

Presenter:    Dr. Sheila Cunningham

Presentation title:    European perspectives (one event brief updates) & Biosciences in Nursing Network (discursive)

Biography of Dr. Sheila Cunningham: Sheila qualified as a nurse form the Royal Free School of nursing then specialising in Oncology Nursing at the Royal Marsden before deciding to move her career into education. She has worked in a number of roles whilst at Middlesex University over her many years including learning development across the former School of Health and Social Sciences. Her interest in European nursing and Erasmus began many years ago and through this she has connected with many overseas and UK nurses all with the same interest. The impact of exchange on students is huge and this opportunity affords so much in terms of personal and professional development. This she would like to develop further and one aspect which emerged as ripe for exploration is the easing of an administrative but necessary activity of monitoring, recording and supporting clinical learning environments overseas for ours and all nursing students.

27^th January 2022

Video:

Presenters:    Professor Helen Allan

Link to Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nin.12467

Presentation title:    An auto-ethnographic reflection on the unintended consequences of Coronavirus on the nature of nursing in the UK

Short Biography: Helen Allan holds a Chair in Nursing at Middlesex University. Her main areas of research are reproductive health including the experience of infertility and parenting after IVF. Previous work has included a number of projects into clinical learning using ethnographic methodology. She supervises a number of doctoral students.

9^th December 2021

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Presenters:                  Dr Liang Liu, Senior Research Fellow & Jacinta Kelly, Adult Lecture in Nursing and Professor Michael Traynor, Professor of Nursing Policy, Centre for Critical Research in Nursing and Midwifery

Presentation title:    Exploring healthcare support workers’ knowledge, attitudes and experiences regarding pressure ulcer prevention: a mixed method study.

Brief Introduction: About 4-10% of patients admitted to hospitals develop Pressure Ulcers (PrUs) in the UK, 95% of these are preventable. A total annual cost of £1.4-£2.1 billion for treating PrUs accounts for 4% of the annual NHS budget. Nurses and healthcare professionals are primarily accountable for preventing PrU. In the UK, Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) alone form approximately one third of the caring workforce in hospitals, providing fundamental care, including skin care to patients. The DOH (2013) urged HCAs being a critical resource for NHS to improve patient care. While Nursing support workers are an expanding group across diverse healthcare settings, their experiences, knowledge and attitudes towards PrU prevention remain relatively unknown. Previous studies have mainly focused on registered nurses prompting recommendations for tailored training in PrUs prevention. The primary focus of this study was to find out their experience, knowledge and attitude of Pressure Ulcer (PrU) prevention among Nursing support workers including HCAs.

Biography:

Dr Liang Liu received her PhD from University College London (UCL), where she completed a project focusing on pressure ulcer prevention in people living with a spinal cord injury at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. Before she joined Middlesex University in 2013, she worked across several UK universities, NHS Trusts and Royal College of Surgeon of England as a Post-Doctorate Research Associate. Her current research interest focus on primary and secondary research on tissue viability, evidence based nursing practice, perioperative care and patients benefit. She has served as a Tissue Viability Society (TVS) Trustee since May 2019. and currently is a Principal Investigator of two externally funded projects on pressure ulcer prevention including a NIHR portfolio study in collaborating with Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. She has secured research funding which include those from the Rosetree Trust, Burdett Trust for Nursing, Medical Device Vulnerable Skin Network (MDVSN-EPSRC and NIHR HTA partner award), Hospital Saturday Foundation and Tissue Viability Society. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal papers, supplements and book chapters. Dr Liu is now an Research Degree Coordinator in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, and an academic supervisor of MPhil/PhD, MA, MRES, MProf/DProf students. She also supervises final year pre-registered nursing students’ dissertations.

Jacinta Kelly is Lecturer in Nursing at Middlesex University contributing to teaching and assessing in undergraduate pre-registration BSc nursing programmes. She has a keen interest in clinical education and research into Pressure Ulcers.

Michael Traynor was born in London. He read English Literature at Cambridge University, then completed nursing and health visiting training. He moved to Australia where he was a researcher for the South Australian Health Commission. He worked at the Royal College of Nursing in London and at the Centre for Policy in Nursing Research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He is now Professor of Nursing Policy at the Centre for Critical Research in Nursing and Midwifery at Middlesex University. He is editor of the journal Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine. He recently wrote Critical Resilience for Nurses, published by Routledge in March 2017 and Stories of Resilience in Nursing, 2020.

2nd December 2021

Video:

Presenter:    Professor Su Everett

Presentation title:    My journey to Associate Professor

Biography: Su Everett is a Senior Lecturer, she works as a senior nurse practitioner at the Royal Free Hospital in sexual health and HIV.

18^th November 2021

Presenter:    Professor Helen Allan

Video:

Presentation title:    Positioning myself in the research field: the complex interplay of racialised identities in the research process

Short Biography: Helen Allan holds a Chair in Nursing at Middlesex University. Her main areas of research are reproductive health including the experience of infertility and parenting after IVF. Previous work has included a number of projects into clinical learning using ethnographic methodology. She supervises a number of doctoral students.

4^th November 2021 1pm-2pm

Video:

Presenter:    Gabriel Ngalomba

Title: Phenomenological study on the lived experiences of migrant women from Sub-Saharan Africa who have experienced perinatal mental illness and used perinatal mental health services in the United Kingdom

Presentation title:    Phenomenological study on the lived experiences of Migrant women from Sub-Saharan Africa who have experienced perinatal mental illness and used perinatal mental health services in UK

My name is Gabriel I work as Charge Nurse (Perinatal Mental Health Specialist) in Perinatal Mental Health Services In Hertfordshire. Currently I'm a 3rd year PhD student at Middlesex University supervised by professor Helen Allan and Doctor Venetia Brown.

I was born in Tanzania where I did my first BA degree in Social Science Research and then relocated to the United Kingdom where I did post graduate diploma in software application at Reading College. later I moved to Scotland, and I did BSc degree in Mental health Nursing, before joining NHs as staff nurse and later charge nurse in acute mental health services in Hertfordshire. My other duties include mentoring students supporting partners of the affected women and raising awareness of mental illness for Swahili speaking African community via BBC Swahili section. My efforts to raise awareness were noted and I was interviewed by Nursing Times.

When the Perinatal Mental Health Service was introduced in Hertfordshire, I was transferred to inpatient mother and baby unit and continued to work as charge nurse. I joined Middlesex University and did MSC degree in Mental Health Interventions as at that time, there was a call to improve services. My MSC research which focused on experiences of women about the services provided helped to improve the service as one of the findings was women’s fear of stigma to share the same building with other mental health patients. I also played part in setting up the Community Perinatal Mental Health Service (CPT) in Hertfordshire.

While in mother and baby unit I also noted that only British women knew a lot about perinatal mental health services and a very few from ethnic minority (migrant women)

One of the challenges I observed was the increased number off African migrant woman from Sub-Saharan Africa into perinatal mental health services. All women had similar presentation which include route to perinatal mental health services, the same presentation of psychosis and a long stay in perinatal mental health services. This made me to do more reading that's where I found some gaps in my research and decided to do this study.
Scholars at Work 2020 / 2021
25th March 2021

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Presenter:                         Professor Helen Allan

Title of presentation:      Understanding the Role of Emotions in Learning

Brief Outline: Drawing on a number of research studies where I have, with colleagues explored the nature of learning in clinical practice, I discuss the role of emotions in learning. I start by asking ‘why emotions?’ and review some key writers who informed my understanding of emotions in practice. I discuss briefly the small group work I was involved with as a novice nurse tutor and how this underpinned my approach to my PhD where I explore the role of emotions in clinical practice. I then discuss work I undertook into emotions in learning and review key findings which expanded my understanding of the role of emotions in learning from four pieces of work: the Leadership for Learning project 2008-11; the peer support/buddy project 2006-7; the psychodynamic personal tutor work 2011; and finally and very briefly, the AaRK project on delegation and newly qualified nurses – I focus in all of them on how our understanding of learning may be enhanced by through an understanding of liminality and threshold concepts.

Short Biography: Helen Allan holds a Chair in Nursing at Middlesex University. Her main areas of research are reproductive health including the experience of infertility and parenting after IVF. Previous work has included a number of projects into clinical learning using ethnographic methodology. She supervises a number of doctoral students.

18th March 2021

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Presenter:                           Nicky Lambert, Associate Professor in Mental Health, HED

Title of presentation:        Building a community of digital professional practice

Brief Outline: This seminar explores ways in which digital and social media can be used to connect academics practitioners, service users and students

Short Biography: Nicky is an Associate Professor (Practice) at Middlesex University, where she is Director of Teaching and Learning for Mental Health and Social Work. She is registered as a Specialist Practitioner (NMC) and is a Senior Teaching Fellow (SFHEA). She is also a co-director of the Centre for Coproduction in Mental Health and Social Care. Nicky has worked across a range of mental health services both in the UK and internationally supporting staff and practice development in acute and mental health trusts, councils, businesses and charities. She is active in supporting mental health and wellbeing with the RCN and Unite. She is an editorial board member for Mental Health Nursing, a member of MHNAUK and on the education and communication committees. Nicky engages with local trusts and with the RCPsych to support sexual safety in mental health services. She is also a Trustee for The Bridge, a charity that supports women’s health and wellbeing. She has a professional Twitter feed: @niadla and is keen that all people with and interest in mental health engage together as a community to support good practice and challenge discrimination. She has teaching and research interests in women's health, physical and mental health, co-production, social media and health education.

9th March 2021

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Presenter:                            Meghan Luton

Title of presentation:          Researching the experiences of deaf women accessing maternity services.

Brief Outline: Meghan Luton will be presenting the work she has done so far towards her research exploring the experiences of deaf women who use BSL as their first language. The proposal gives a history about the deaf BSL using community highlighting years of language oppression and the impact this has had on the health and education of deaf people.

Short Biography:   Meghan has been a midwife for 10 years and is a lecturer in Midwifery at Middlesex university. She has a special interest in the experiences of deaf women (specifically families who use BSL as their first language), using this interest to generate deaf awareness training for nursing and midwifery students. As a result of her work to date, Meghan has been involved in several projects hoping to improve the experience of deaf families including the RCN “Disability and Pregnancy” project and the NHS improvements project.

23rd February 2021

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Presenter:                        Flora Dangwa

Title of presentation:     Evaluating involving patient experience in cancer nursing education

Brief Outline: The abstract was accepted and presented virtually at the International Conference on Cancer Nursing (ICCN) 2021. The abstract looked at identifying the drivers for patient and public involvement in nurse education, review the role and current practice with patient involvement in nurse education and to discuss experience and outcomes of involving patients in cancer nurse education.   “The best teaching is that taught by the patient himself” Osler 1905

Short Biography:   Flora Dangwa is a Lecturer (practice) in Adult Nursing at Middlesex University teaching on the BSc pre-registration nursing and nursing associates programmes. Flora has a special interest in pre-registration nurse education, oncology nursing, patient advocacy and engagement. She is an experienced registered nurse specialised in cancer care and haematology. Prior to moving into higher education Flora was a lecturer/practitioner with focus in haemato-oncology, and systemic anti-cancer therapies at the Royal Marsden NHS Trust before joining Middlesex University. She holds an MSc Advanced Practice in Cancer and currently in her final year to complete her MSc in Health Professions Education. She has used her privilege to engage with fellow nurses, students as well as other healthcare professionals at a global level. She recognises shared educational and collaborative initiatives are important locally and at a global level, and encourages other nurses to use their privilege to benefit nurses in low income and developing economies. All it takes is passion and determination.

11th February 2021

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Presenter:                             Michael Traynor

Title of presentation:          ‘Nursing, stupidity and the benefits of higher education’

Brief Outline:                       Some politicians and sections of the media see nursing as the only profession where it is actually preferable for its members to be less educated. This presentation discusses the links between level of education and professional status. On the way it summarizes different views of the professions. It ends by setting out some of the benefits of university education for members of the nursing profession.

Short Biography:                   Michael Traynor was born in London. He read English Literature at Cambridge University, then completed nursing and health visiting training. He moved to Australia where he was a researcher for the South Australian Health Commission. He worked at the Royal College of Nursing in London and at the Centre for Policy in Nursing Research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He is now Professor of Nursing Policy at the Centre for Critical Research in Nursing and Midwifery at Middlesex University. He is editor of the journal Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine. He recently wrote Critical Resilience for Nurses, published by Routledge in March 2017 and Stories of Resilience in Nursing, 2020.

26th January 2021

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Presenter: Mike O'Driscoll

Title of presentation:  Attitudes of public staff and other key stakeholders to privatisation in the general public

Brief Outline: I will present the initial exploratory findings from the first data collection of my Doctoral research - an online survey with a sample of the general public in England (n=220) regarding their attitudes to privatisation and rationing in the NHS (especially since the Health and Social Care Act 2012 which radically changed the structure of the NHS) .

The fundamental problem which inspires this research is an apparent contradiction between the views of the public regarding how the National Health Service (NHS) of the U.K. should be run and the way in which the service is actually run, in terms of recent reforms and its apparent future trajectory.

The NHS has been described as the closest thing the UK has to a national religion and opinion polls suggest that it is the most valued and trusted public service (King’s Fund / MORI 2018) and one of the UK’s greatest national achievements. Research suggests that a majority of people are opposed to privatisation of the NHS, regardless of political affiliation or demographic profile and yet most governments from Thatcher’s onwards have, in one way or another, sought to impose market models and privatisation on the NHS and this reached unprecedented levels with the Health and Social Care Act (2012) which was described by a senior Department of Health official as ‘‘the only change management system you can actually see from space – it is that large’’(Timmins 2012).

This Act abolished Primary Care Trusts and forced GPs to take the lead for commissioning healthcare services by coming together in clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). CCGs were obliged by the Act to tender healthcare contracts externally, so that ‘any qualified provider’ (public, private or third sector) could bid and also removed the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Health to provide a universal healthcare service, granting CCGs considerable discretion to choose which services to provide and who to provide them to. This has led to an increase in private sector provision and rationing of healthcare with many CCGs choosing not to offer, or to severely limit, varicose vein removal, cataract removal, IVF and many other procedures or treatments (Heneghan 2017).

These changes have attracted relatively little media coverage and awareness of them amongst the general public (and indeed amongst health professionals) seems to be low although there does not seem to be any published research on this point (one of the gaps in the literature which I hope to fill).

Furthermore, both COVID and Brexit may lead to further NHS privatisation. The current government’s approach to managing the COVID pandemic has been heavily focussed on the private sector in terms of track and trace, test laboratories, PPE procurement and the use of private hospital facilities (Wrigley 2020; The Guardian 2020). The EU referendum was allegedly ‘won’ by the Leave campaign on the promise of dramatically increase NHS funding (London Economic 2017) but many fear that Brexit may in fact lead to further privatisation as part of a trade deal with the US.

Short Biography: Mike O’Driscoll is a mixed methods researcher with a particular interest in the use of IT in social research. His first degree was in Sociology and Social Policy and has an MSc in research methods and is currently a Doctoral student at Middlesex. Mike O’Driscoll has worked in many research environments including local government, charities and academia and has considerable experience in evaluations, particularly in health and education settings (this link to publications gives an idea of his research interests https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9221-6164).

12th December 2020

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Presenter: Dr Venetia Brown and Cariona Flaherty

Title of presentation:  An evaluation of the impact on the student teaching and learning experience of simultaneous delivery using the virtual classroom (VC) and face to face delivery (F2F) in a CPD critical care module.

Brief Outline: Historically nurses working in a critical care setting in Guernsey would have to fly one day a week for a total of eleven weeks to a London based university in order to attend post-graduate specialist training. In doing this Guernsey encountered a number of issues such as flights being cancelled as well as the financial implication of having to fund university places as well as airline costs. As Middlesex University and Guernsey have a long history of successful partnership we were approached to see if delivery of our critical care module to a group of critical care nurses in Guernsey alongside London based nurses simultaneously was possible. This simultaneous delivery commenced in Jan 2020 with three nurses attending virtually from Guernsey and seven nurses from London attending face to face at our Hendon campus. Such delivery was the first of its kind for a healthcare related CPD module at Middlesex University and the success resulted in a renewed CPD contract from Guernsey and our London based partnering trusts. This presentation aims to share the teaching and learning from this simultaneous online and F2F delivery as well as make recommendations for future practice.

Short Biography:

Dr Venetia Brown is Associate Professor and Director of Programmes (Nursing) with key responsibility for and interest in healthcare continuing professional development which was the focus of her Doctorate. Other interests centre around equality, diversity and inclusion. Central to this is a focus on ensuring the voices of under-represented students are heard and their contributions are encouraged and valued.

Cariona Flaherty is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing, Programme Leader for Nursing Associates, and a Doctoral research student. Prior to coming into lecturing Cariona worked in ITU as the Lead Clinical Practice Educator and has extensive experience in Post Graduate Critical Care Nurse Training and clinical ITU work.

16th November 2020

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Presenter: Professor Helen Allan

Title of presentation:        Contract research in HE: atheoretical or anodyne?

Brief Outline:      I seem to have Two contradictory existences:

Phd supervisor and researcher where I spend my time encouraging my students (and making myself explore theory to inform the social world.

Contract researcher where I work on contracted work as a researcher with no seemingly obvious theoretical stance; neither is one wanted (apparently). It reminds me of earlier work I did on the massification and commercialisation of HE (in relation to students and maximising profit from numbers of students) while at Surrey. But here I am actively contributing to profit while doing nothing to develop theory which does rather seem the point of an academic?

Short Biography: Helen Allan is Professor of Nursing at Middlesex University in the Department of Nursing, Child Health & Midwifery. She has had three professional careers: as a practitioner in intensive care and women’s health; as a teacher and for the last 20 years, predominantly as a researcher. Her research is informed by sociological view of the world and she is co-founder and lead of the Centre for Critical research in Nursing and Midwifery in the Department.

5th November 2020 - Josh Sharman

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Presenter:    Josh Sharman, Lecturer in Clinical Skills and Simulation

Title: A secondary analysis of a cross sectional study: What are societies views of science and scientists in the UK and do they affect vaccine acceptance?

Brief Outline: Society is becoming increasingly dependent on science to solve many of the national and global challenges that we face, such as the coronavirus pandemic and climate change. Concerns are growing within the scientific community that levels of trust in science are declining and that society is becoming more antagonistic towards experts and the information they communicate. This study presents a secondary analysis of a cross sectional telephone survey (N=1000) with data collected between May and April 2018 from the Wellcome Global Monitor. A descriptive, bivariate and multi-variate analysis was performed analysing views of science, as well as identifying determinants for trust in scientists and vaccine acceptance.

Short Bio: Josh is an Adult Registered Nurse and lecturer within clinical skills and simulation. Prior to lecturing, Josh worked as a ward nurse in multiple specialities before working in critical care. Josh has a strong interest in the use of teaching technologies within nursing education as well as public health, with specific interests in vaccination, health disinformation and the effects of distrust in science and health care professionals.

27th August 2020

An evening talk with Dr Joan Myers OBE Empowered for greatness! Watch the video by clicking here: https://youtu.be/8gWFOataqek

Hosted by the Healthcare Academics Race Equality Diversity Inclusivity Network (HAREDIN) and by the Student Healthcare Race Equality Diversity and Inclusivity Network (SHAREDIN) organised with Edith Akenkide (Social Worker) Thursday 27^th August . Dr Joan Myers OBE Is Director and Trustee Florence Nightingale Foundation, a Queens Nurse, RCN Council representative for London & London Board Member and has lead the Chief Nursing Officer’s Black Minority and Ethnic Strategic Advisory Group. The Healthcare Academic’s Race Equality Diversity Inclusivity Network (HAREDIN) and Student mirror network (SHAREDIN) invite you to attend an evening where Dr Myers will share her thoughts on what to expect on entering the NHS workforce, what to expect, how to handle conflict, working with staff, asserting ourselves and career progression, there will be a section for questions answers and discussion.

Scholars at Work 2019/2020

Session 12: Scholars at Work will be with Monday Ugiagbe on 23rd July 2020 13:00 – 14:00

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The guest speaker:                  Monday Ugiagbe, Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing, HSSC

Presentation:                          Integration of International Educated Nurses (IEN) into the UK healthcare post-NMC registration

Outline of Presentation:      The literature on experiences of internationally educated nurses (IEN) is replete with the problems suffered by ethnic minority nurses and documents that people of Africa descent experience issues of discrimination in promotion, training, and other forms of discrimination in UK healthcare more than any other groups (Archibong and Darr, 2010; Kline, 2014; Likupe et al. ,2014; Allan, 2015; WRES,2015). However, there is increasingly a significant progressive improvement in BME appointments, in disciplinary issues and representation at the most senior levels of NHS organisation (WRES, 2019).

There is not much research on the integration of African nurses into UK healthcare. Given the dearth of research which explores the lived experiences of African nurses, this study uses the Ager and Strang (2008) conceptual framework to explore the lived experiences of some nurses to understand 'the 'how' of workforce race equality' (WRES, 2019:5). This qualitative research provides an opportunity to explore examples of good practices and other positive outcomes rather than the (usual) focus on barriers towards minority ethnic groups in UK healthcare. The study uses the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis(IPA) approach to explore the experiences of BME nurses on how they attain, sustain and thrive in senior positions in the UK healthcare.

Intersectionality theory (IT), Critical race theory (CRT) and Post-colonial theory (PCT) apply as the base theoretical perspectives in this study. These theoretical perspectives inform the discussion why several International Educated Nurses migrate to the developed western and OECD countries and the continuing shortage of nurses in UK healthcare.

Biography:    Iyore Monday Ugiagbe is a registered Adult Nurse, Lecturer/ Practice Educator with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Monday worked in the NHS as a registered clinical staff, Nurse Education Co-ordinator, Head of Education, Training & Development and as Professional Development Lead for Nursing and Therapies.

Monday also worked as Senior Lecturer and as Curriculum Operating Manager in Further Education. Monday is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Middlesex University London.
Session 11:Scholars at Work will be with Cariona Flaherty on 14th July 2020 13:00 – 14:00

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Guest Speaker:                            Cariona Flaherty, Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing, HSSC

Presentation Title:                         Doctoral Research: ‘Critical Thinking in Nurse Education: Exploring critical thinking from the nurse lecturers’ perspective

Outline of the presentation:       Critical thinking is a fundamental tenet of Undergraduate Nurse Education and is an essential skill required to deal with the complexities of the ever changing NHS. This presentation will give an overview of Doctoral research which is currently in its post PAP, and early data collection phase. An overview of the purpose, aims, outcomes, underpinning theory and proposed methodology will be discussed.

Biography: Cariona Flaherty is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing, Programme Leader for Nursing Associates, and a Doctoral research student. Prior to coming into lecturing Cariona worked in ITU as the Lead Clinical Practice Educator and has extensive experience in Post Graduate Critical Care Nurse Training and clinical ITU work.
Session 10: Professor Hellen Allan.

Title: 'not theories of nursing but theorising in nursing practice'.

Outline:  Helen's latest book discusses an alternative approach to thinking about the theory-practice gap. She will discuss her ideas using data from a number of empirical studies into nursing knowledge & nurse learning. She draws on Evans et al.'s work on 'putting knowledge to work' and Hammond's ideas on theorising on theorising.

Short Biography:   Helen Allan holds a Chair in Nursing at Middlesex University. Her main areas of research are reproductive health including the experience of infertility and parenting after IVF. Previous work has included a number of projects into clinical learning using ethnographic methodology. She supervises a number of doctoral students.

AMAZON BOOK LINK:  Understanding Psycology in Nursing by Helen Allan, Michael Traynor, Daniel Kelly, Pam Smith
Scholars at Work Session 9 with Sarah Chitongo February 2020

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The guest speaker: Sarah Chitongo, Clinical Skills Manager

Presenting: Experiences of Midwives in caring for high risk BAME groups on delivery in London Hospitals.

Sarah Chitongo is a Nurse and Midwife with 18 years of experience in all areas of Midwifery. She is also an experienced Senior Manager who left the National Health Service (NHS) as a Midwifery Manager.

Sarah is also a Specialist Advisor to the American Pregnancy Association and provides regular Consultancy to Voluntary maternity Organisations in UK and Reviewer of Health Journals across the world. She is also a member of the London Clinical Senate and board member of the RCM.

She is also a Clinical Skills Manager in the School of Health and Education at Middlesex University and her role involves shaping and implementation of long-term strategic plans within the Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Skills Department, ensuring that these fit within broader functional, academic and University strategies. She is an ambitious manager who has built a reputation developing and motivating staff. The management style focuses on three main things; innovation, quality and staff. She has excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire confidence and build strong stakeholder relationships to ensure that the curriculum is at the forefront of knowledge and reflects the latest research insights and materials. Further roles within current position include generating and presenting annual management review reports as well as providing consultancy for academics within the department in relation to midwifery education.
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Guest Speaker: Dr Sheila Cunningham.

The Presentation Title: Update on the HEALINT Project: Developing a Pan-European Tool to Assess Placement Quality, Enhance the Learning Experience and Promote Student Nurses’ Mobility

This three year EU finded project commenced September 2017 and the first results emerging which will be presented: pan-European shared indicators of quality benchmarks for placement learners. This project aims to collate and develop pan-European clinical learning environment benchmarks with a view to compiling an evaluative auditing tool to quality assure placement experiences. Across Europe there are many different standards for nursing practice; local, national and transnational with similar themes yet disparate requirements to measure and monitor. This issue arose from experiences with Erasmus nurse placement exchanges and quality monitoring questions. This discussion will addresses the first project output: benchmarks of a quality learning environment and approaches to measure this and an outline of the proposed audit tool.

Biography of Dr. Sheila Cunningham: Sheila qualified as a nurse form the Royal Free School of nursing then specialising in Oncology Nursing at the Royal Marsden before deciding to move her career into education. She has worked in a number of roles whilst at Middlesex University over her many years including learning development across the former School of Health and Social Sciences. Her interest in European nursing and Erasmus began many years ago and through this she has connected with many overseas and UK nurses all with the same interest. The impact of exchange on students is huge and this opportunity affords so much in terms of personal and professional development. This she would like to develop further and one aspect which emerged as ripe for exploration is the easing of an administrative but necessary activity of monitoring, recording and supporting clinical learning environments overseas for ours and all nursing students.
he guest speaker: Suzanne Everett

Presenting: Exploring the potential of the nursing curriculum to develop nurses who are non-judgemental and tolerant of difference and diversity.

Outline of Presentation: The researcher wanted to know how teachers can develop nurses who meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) expectations of non-judgmentally in relation to sexuality (NMC.2015 updated 2018). This study was conducted after the introduction of a module on sexuality for a cohort of second year undergraduate nursing degree at one Higher Education Institute in England. A two-week module on sexuality and nursing was developed and implemented for undergraduate year which comprised two taught days of theory and discussion, online reading and multiple- choice assessment. The aim of the module was to increase awareness in nursing students of the importance of patients’ sexuality on their emotional and physical health and encourage discussion on any anxieties surrounding the subject area. In this study student nurse participants were asked to join an online discussion group during the teaching, and then complete a digital diary whilst in clinical placement.
The guest speaker:   Thobekile Ncube, Lecturer in Clinical Skills

Outline of Presentation:   The use of Visualisation Technology in the United States of America and the United Kingdom has been well documented. This technology is used to help find superficial veins for Venepuncture and cannulation where venous access is difficult. According to NICE(2014) the use of this technology is to use infrared laser light that is emitted by the AV400 device to show veins in real time. As a UK University it is important that our nursing and midwifery students are provided with the learning tools such this technology to enhance their own learning in venepuncture and cannulation. There will be a presentation and demonstration of the AV400.

Biography:   Thobekile Ncube is a Lecturer in the Clinical Skills team. Clinical and education lead for Venepuncture and Cannulation , Intravenous drug administration . Alumni of Middlesex University. Worked at the Royal Free Hospital as a Haematology nurse, Clinical Practice Educator in Haematology and Oncology, Deputy lead for Intrathecal Chemotherapy before joining Middlesex University. Kelly Ncube does volunteer work teaching CPR in communities in Ghana and recently in Zimbabwe. Winner of the Zenith Global Health awards 2019 for teaching CPR in Ghana.

Thobekile Ncube has presented at the leading annual international conference for Networking in healthcare education (NET) 2019, NIVAS (National Infusion and Vascular Access Society) in Manchester 2019 and at the Middlesex University Annual teaching and Learning conference 2019 regarding the use of Infrared technology to enhance student learning in venepuncture and cannulation.

Thobekile Ncube currently working with Capital Nurse London on the Intravenous Drug Administration project that will look at the standardising of this in London across a number of Trusts.
The guest speaker: Dr. Gordon Weller, Chair: Health and Education Ethics Committee & University Sponsor Representative

Presenting: Ethics Applications for Students and staff

Outline of Presentation: This presentation will focus on the Ethics application process. It will include discussion and working through the MORE application form. There will also be discussion of the participant information sheet and consent forms and risk assessment. This session will provide an opportunity for problem solving and for staff to discuss any issues experienced with the MORE system. External application systems, such as IRAS for NHSREC will also be discussed.

Short Biography: Gordon Weller is currently chair of the health and social care ethics sub-committee and university sponsor representative for external ethics applications. He also leads on the M/DProf Specialist Validated Pathways within Health and Education
Session 4:

Title of Presentation: Improving Practice on Preparing Students for Assessment

Brief Outline of Presentation: Raquel will be presenting preliminary findings from a small-scale study that looks at the factors that influence students’ transitioning to Higher Education in the UK, and what students find helpful in preparation for summative assessment.

Short Biography: Raquel Rosales is an Adult RN, FHEA with background in coronary care unit/cardiology who is presently studying on an MA programme. With a strong background in Cardiology from both clinical practice and Higher Education including training on CPD skills, Raquel is currently a Lecturer with Middlesex University and teaches on multiple nursing programmes from level 4 through to 6. Raquel has also been teaching on the Transition module at Middlesex University which has learners with a diverse education background for the last 3 years.

Michael Traynor

Ideas about resilience and identity continue to be promoted, discussed and debated in nursing. This book uses narratives to explore these complex and important concepts, unsettling our certainties and opening up new perspectives on what they might mean and involve.

This engaging book recounts direct and vivid stories told by or about nurses. These vignettes discuss nursing’s ideals without idealising them and show nursing work and the lives of nurses in all their complexity. They include contributions from mental health nurses, a former nurse, student nurses, a migrant nurse and a whistle-blowing nurse, among others. The book ends with chapter-by-chapter contextual material to promote reflection, discussion and further reading.

Written with nursing students preparing to transition to the workplace and professional status in mind, this thought-provoking book is also suitable for nurses and nurse academics interested in resilience and issues around professional identity.

Amazon Link - click here

Brief outline of presenter: Michael Traynor was born in London. He read English Literature at Cambridge University, then completed general nursing and health visiting training. After working as a health visitor in London he moved to Australia where he was a researcher for the South Australian Health Commission. He worked at the Royal College of Nursing in London from 1991-6 and undertook a three year study of nursing morale in the wake of the 1991 National Health Service reforms. Drawing on his background in literature, his PhD examined the language employed by nurses and their managers. He worked at the Centre for Policy in Nursing Research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He is now Professor of Nursing Policy at the Centre for Critical Research in Nursing and Midwifery at Middlesex University in London. He researches professional identity and the application of discourse analysis and approaches from literary theory and psychoanalysis to nursing policy and health care issues. He is editor of the journal Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine. He recently wrote Critical Resilience for Nurses, published by Routledge in March 2017 and is working on a follow up.

Scheduled date for Scholars at Work: 10th October 2019

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Speaker: Professor Helen Allan

Presentation: Qualitative study into non-IVF parents’ experiences of their transition to parenthood

Helen Allan holds a Chair in Nursing at Mdx. Her main areas of research are reproductive health including the experience of infertility and parenting after IVF. Previous work has included a number of projects into clinical learning using ethnographic methodology. She supervises a number of doctoral students.

Following Helen’s presentation last year to SAW, on a literature she undertook with collaborators helen will present some findings form a small qualitative study into non-IVF parents’ experiences of their transition to parenthood.
Scholars at Work Session 2: 24th October 2019, 16:00 to 17:30, Room: C114

The guest speaker: Mike O'Driscoll

Presenting: Designing online surveys in Qualtrics.

Brief outline of presentation:  As Qualtrics is now the default Middlesex University platform for online surveys, and all staff have access to a free account, this session aims to help attendees to understand the capabilities of Qualtrics, from the basic to the intermediate and maybe even (drum roll) a few of its advanced features. Attendees are invited to bring their laptops (and log into their Qualtrics accounts at https://mdxl.eu.qualtrics.com/ControlPanel/ using their Middlesex user name and ID ) so that they can use some Qualtrics features in ‘real time’ but this is not compulsory. Part of the session will also allow attendees to solve problems / ask questions about any draft questionnaires they are working on.

Brief Biography:  I am a mixed methods researcher with a particular interest in the use of IT in social research My first degree was in Sociology and Social Policy and I have an MSc in research methods. I am currently a Doctoral student at Middlesex, and my research focusses on aspects of public and health professional attitudes towards privatisation and rationing in the NHS. I have worked in many research environments including local government, charities and academia and I have considerable experience in evaluations, particularly in health and education settings (this link to publications gives an idea of my research interests  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9221-6164). My experience with online surveys goes back to 1999 when, as a researcher at Barnet Council, I introduced the organisation to the ‘wonderful possibilities’ of online surveys using SurveyMonkey. Since then I have designed hundreds of online surveys and for the last two years or so have been using Qualtrics as my ‘software of choice’ as this is probably the most sophisticated and comprehensive online survey software available.

If you are unable to attend but wish to watch the presentation live click on this link: Click here  This link is only operational during the presentation (4.00pm-5.30pm).

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