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Alice Skull

Senior Lecturer/Course Leader

Faculty:
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care
School:
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Location:
Chelmsford
Areas of Expertise:
Nursing and midwifery
Research Supervision:
Yes

Alice registered as a nurse in 1996 and worked in medical and cardiac nursing before becoming a nurse specialist in cardiac rehabilitation. She moved into teaching in 2005 at Anglia Ruskin.

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Background

After qualification as a registered adult nurse in 1996 Alice completed a two year part-time BSc (Hons) Health Studies at Colchester Institute before moving on to complete an MSc in 2003. Her research focus for the programme was directed at interprofessional involvement in discharge planning and contributed to the hospital reorganisation of discharge planning services. A specialist nurse in Cardiac Rehabilitation confirmed the interest in patient and staff teaching and she moved into a part-time role at Anglia Polytechnic University in 2005.

Since joining the academic staff at the university, now Anglia Ruskin University Alice has facilitated several groups of pre-registration nurses through to qualification; supporting them as personal and academic tutor which she has found very rewarding. Subject specialism has developed leading modules focusing on the role of nurse specialists, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, cardiac care and understanding and responding to acute care needs. Links with clinical nursing practice have continued through Link Tutor work with the Mid Essex independent sector.

Research interests

  • Patient safety
  • Supporting student learning
  • Simulated learning

Ensuring patient safety is a key priority in healthcare educational programmes, and is vital if standards are to be upheld and conveyed to developing healthcare practitioners. Nurses are at the forefront of patient care and therefore are well positioned to drive these agenda forward and strengthen the safety net for patient care. Current research awaiting publication considers evaluation of two themes from the The Multi-Professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide, launched by the World Health Organisation to help develop a patient safety friendly curriculum in health education.

Teaching

  • Undergraduate adult nursing lectures, seminars and skills
  • Postgraduate nursing lectures, seminars and skills in relation to Cardiac nursing.

Qualifications

  • Dip HE Registered Nurse: Adult, Anglia Polytechnic University
  • BSc Hons Health Studies. Anglia Polytechnic University
  • MSc Interprofessional Practice in health and social care, Anglia Polytechnic University
  • PG Dip Learning & Teaching in Higher Education, Anglia Ruskin University

Recent presentations and conferences

Oral presentation of Patient Safety research at the 2nd European Regional Conference, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), held at the Wallenberg Conference Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden, 16 – 18 June, 2014.