School of Pharmacy

I am the strategic lead for postgraduate taught courses in the School of Pharmacy. I have overall responsibility for the design, development and delivery of a portfolio of postgraduate Master’s courses for health professionals working in or with the NHS, principally pharmacists working in the key areas of the profession, and also medical and non-medical prescribers.  The courses are delivered principally using distance learning methods. My areas of expertise include open, distance and flexible learning, and the use of structured reflective learning portfolios for professional practice development.

My research publications in relation to reflective learning demonstrate the positive transformational effect that my work has had on learners.

I have made a significant contribution to three of the major national policy and professional practice areas for Pharmacy that emerged in the last decade, i.e. non-medical prescribing, practitioners with special interests, and advanced professional practice. I led the Keele teams that developed the first Supplementary and Independent Prescribing Preparatory Courses for Pharmacists to be accredited in the UK. I also led the development of Keele’s Advanced Professional Practice and Doctorate in Pharmacy (DPharm) programmes. I was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2011 by the Higher Education Academy.