Dr Jackie Waterfield

Title: Senior Lecturer
Phone: 01782 733537
Email:
Location: MAC - 1.04
Role: Programme Lead MSc Pain Science and Management
Contacting me: Email or phone

After a successful career as a practising physiotherapist in London, I moved into Higher Education and am currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Rehabilitation and a member of the Research Institute for Social Sciences at Keele University. At a national level I serve as a representative of both the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and the Health Professions Council (HPC)  on course approval and Fitness to Practise panels.

Lifelong learning and continuing professional development in the political and social context, both as concepts and as practices, are a particular interest of mine and my doctoral thesis and research interests reflect this. In 2009 I was awarded the Jo Campling Memorial Prize by the Academy of Social Sciences for a paper in this area and was previously was awarded a Faculty Learning and Teaching Fellow secondment, during which I completed a project on portfolio development for HE staff.

An area of personal development led to my developing, with colleagues, the first fully online e-module within Keele University; this success has led to other e-learning projects supported by University Innovation Project monies.

Selected Publications

  • McNeilly NE and Waterfield J. 2012. A service evaluation of a physiotherapy extended scope practitioner community-led injection service. Rheumatology (vol. 51, p. 59). link>
  • Benham A, Introwicz B, Waterfield J, Sim J, Derricott H, Mahon M. 2012. Intra-individual variations in the bifurcation of the radial nerve and the length of the posterior interosseus nerve. Manual Therapy, vol. 17(1), 22-26. doi>
  • Chesterton LS, Waterfield J, Jackson S, Smale T. 2011. Salus-on-Trent: an e-learning, Accessible Learning Town for Health (STeALTH).
  • Chesterton LS, Waterfield J, Ambrose B. 2011. The use of Wiki's to Support Constructive Learning in Physiotherapy Undergraduate Programmes.
  • Watkins C and Waterfield J. 2010. An exploration of physiotherapy students’ perceptions of older adult rehabilitation. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol. 28(3), 271-279. doi>

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Journal Articles

  • Benham A, Introwicz B, Waterfield J, Sim J, Derricott H, Mahon M. 2012. Intra-individual variations in the bifurcation of the radial nerve and the length of the posterior interosseus nerve. Manual Therapy, vol. 17(1), 22-26. doi>
  • Watkins C and Waterfield J. 2010. An exploration of physiotherapy students’ perceptions of older adult rehabilitation. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol. 28(3), 271-279. doi>
  • Waterfield J. 2010. Continuing professional development: policy and practice in the National Health Service (NHS). 21st Century Society, vol. 5(1), 103-115. doi>
  • Griffiths C, Dziedzic K, Waterfield J, Sim J. 2009. Effectiveness of specific neck stabilization exercises or a general neck exercise program for chronic neck disorders: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Rheumatology, vol. 36(2), 390-397. doi>
  • Waterfield J and Stevenson K. 2005. Providing specialist clinical skills in soft tissue and intra-articular injection through a postgraduate masters module. Musculoskeletal Care, vol. 3(3), 168-175. doi>
  • Johnson R and Waterfield J. 2004. Making words count: the value of qualitative research. Physiotherapy Research International, vol. 9(3), 121-131.
  • Green AS and Waterfield J. 1997. Admissions and progression trends in physiotherapy undergraduate education in the 1990s. Physiotherapy, vol. 83(9), 472-479.
  • Hewison A and Waterfield J. 1997. Preparing professionals to use sport as therapy. Britsh Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, vol. 4(5), 247-251.
  • Sim J and Waterfield J. 1997. Validity, reliability and responsiveness in the assessment of pain. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, vol. 13(1), 23-37.
  • Waterfield J and Sim J. 1996. Clinical assessment of pain by the visual analogue scale. British Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, vol. 3(2), 94-97.

Chapters

  • Waterfield J. 2004. Professions and professional work. In Physiotherapy: a Psychosocial Approach. French S and Sim J (Eds.). (3rd ed.). Edinburgh: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Other

  • McNeilly NE and Waterfield J. 2012. A service evaluation of a physiotherapy extended scope practitioner community-led injection service. Rheumatology (vol. 51, p. 59). link>
  • Chesterton LS, Waterfield J, Jackson S, Smale T. 2011. Salus-on-Trent: an e-learning, Accessible Learning Town for Health (STeALTH).
  • Chesterton LS, Waterfield J, Ambrose B. 2011. The use of Wiki's to Support Constructive Learning in Physiotherapy Undergraduate Programmes.
  • Chesterton LS, Waterfield J, Ambrose B. 2009. The use of wikis to support constructive learning.
  • Benham A, Introwicz BJ, Waterfield J, Derricott H, Mahon M. 2008. An investigation into intra-individual variations of the bifurcation of the radial nerve. Journal of Clinical Anatomy (vol. 21, p. 745).
  • Scott JM, Southwood TR, Waterfield J. 2002. A prospective evaluation of an adolescent back school for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and non-inflammatory back pain. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM (vol. 46, p. S408). link>
  • Mullis R, Dent RM, Hopkins R, Highes MA, Hollins B, Waterfield J. 2002. Energy expenditure during non-weight bearing ambulation using elbow crutches. Physiotherapy (vol. 88, p. 174).

I currently teach on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in School of Health and Rehabilitation and also in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences.