Sue Skidmore

Biography

MRCPod, BSc (Hons), PhD

Dr Sue Skidmore is a Research Associate in the School of Allied Health Professionals. Sue is a HCPC registered podiatrist, and has previously held roles that have included teaching undergraduate podiatry students in two UK institutions. Sue's PhD explored perceptions about feet, foot health, and footwear in a range of participants from young to old, and across the foot health spectrum. Data was collected from in-depth interviews that were informed by a data scrape of 3 social media platforms, to understand how people relay their beliefs and attitudes about feet, foot health, and footwear in social spaces. The principle purpose of the PhD enquiry was to inform understanding about how people relate to feet, to inform health strategies to encourage proactive engagement with foot health to prevent pathology.

Sue started work at Keele University in 2023, in a two year contract that involves a research study to identify behaviour and engagement with smart devices to detect pedal pressure that can contribute to lower limb ulceration and amputation. This involves the development of a health behaviour tool to assist people who may benefit from the devices to encourage capability, opportunity, and motivation to engage with smart devices that are designed to support foot health in people with diabetes. Sue also remains connected to the MARS initiative that is a whole systems, holistic approach to reducing amputation rates.

Research and scholarship

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Price, C., Skidmore, S., Ratcliffe, J., & Williams, A. (2021). Children should be seen and also heard: an explorative qualitative study into the influences on children’s choice of footwear, their perception of comfort and the language they use to describe footwear experiences. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 14, 1-10.

Ramos‐Petersen, L., Nester, C. J., Ortega‐Avila, A. B., Skidmore, S., & Gijon‐Nogueron, G. (2021). A qualitative study exploring the experiences and perceptions of patients with rheumatoid arthritis before and after wearing foot orthoses for 6 months. Health & Social Care in the Community, 29(3), 829-836.

Skidmore, S., Prior, Y., Nester, C., Bird, S., & Vasilica, C. (2023). Where do you stand?: an exploration of perspectives toward feet, foot health, and footwear using innovative digital methods. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 16(1), 1-12.

Price, C., Skidmore, S., Ratcliffe, J., & Williams, A. (2021). A first step to defining a measurement method for footwear comfort in children. Footwear Science, 13(sup1), S35-S37.

Skidmore, S., Bareford, E., & Williams, A. (2021). Type 2 diabetes from the perspective of those at lower risk of developing foot health problems: Impact, understanding, and foot self-care behaviour. Journal of Diabetes Nursing, 25(3), 194.

Skidmore, S., Bareford, E., & Williams, A. (2021). Type 2 diabetes from the perspective of those at lower risk of developing foot health problems: impact, understanding and foot self-care behaviour. The Diabetic Foot Journal, 24(1), 6.

Teaching

University of Huddersfield - Clinical Demonstrator supporting teaching of Podiatry students
University of Salford - Hourly paid academic teaching Podiatry students

Publications

Supervision

Pre-registration MSc Podiatry students

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