My interests include patient dignity, inter-professional education, diversity and culture. I developed a dignity education programme for an NHS Trust and am a member of its Dignity Forum. I helped develop the Royal College of Nursing Dignity e-Learning. I am a member of the Nursing and Midwifery Council working group that developed the Essential Skills Clusters: communication, care and compassion. I am leading a Collaborative Inter-professional Education Undergraduate project between a health trust and university. I am a member of CAIPE and of the African Inter-professional Education Network. I am an executive/trustee member of Malawi Health Care Support (UK) Charity
Communications, Education, Meeting/ASS (Advanced Studies Seminar), Meeting Policy/other/, Publications/CUP series, Publications/other/, Research/other/dignity/interprofessional education Services/person-centered, Services/teamwork, Services/other
Communication skills, Evidence-based practice
Child Health, Carer, Global health, Mental health/General, Mental health Nursing, Primary care, Service user.
how does it really feel to be in my shoes? Patients’ experiences of compassion within nursing care and their perceptions of developing compassionate nurses. Journal of Clinical Nursing – Open access.10.111/Jocn12513
M.R and Baillie L ( 2012) Respecting the individual : In McSherry W , McSherry R and Watson R ( ed) Care in Nursing – Principles , values and skills . Oxford University Press. Oxford pp 47-60
For more on the African Inter-professional Education Network (AfriPEN):https://afripen.org/what-is-afripen/
For more on Malawi Health Care Support:http://www.mahecas.org/