My profile

Biography

I love to travel and spend the majority of my spare time in the French Alps in a little village near a ski resort where we have a family home. My mother’s family are from Italy, so I often spend time visiting them in the notrthern lakes area.  I love skiing and winter sports, snow and weather conditions permitting! My passion is Flyfishing and I have been lucky to fish some prestigious waters in both the U.K and Czechoslovakia.  I am learning to tie my own flies which has tested my dexterity and patience alike! I have recently been studing entomology in an attempt to understand river craft and fly life in an attempt to catch more fish!

I am a registered Chinese Medicine Pratitioner and a great deal of my spare time is spent developing my knowledge and skills in this area.

Words of wisdom

Never give up, there is always a different option and a different path to sucess. Always look towards the sun and let the shadows fall behind you.

Academic and professional qualifications

    • 2018: CHSE certified simulation educator -Society of Simulation in Healthcare
    • 2015: Apprenticeship in Human Factors- Aintree University Hospital
    • 2012: PhD, Faculty of Child Health- The University of Liverpool
    • 2011: Human factors and simulation- The simulation centre Aintree
    • 2010: M.Phil. The University of Liverpool
    • 2008: Non-medical prescribing- The University of Chester
    • 2005: P.G.C.E. The University of Manchester
    • 2004: Family planning and sexual health. Level 3. Manchester Metropolitan University
    • 2000: U.K.Resuscitation Council Newborn life Support Instructor (Generic instructors
      course ALSG Manchester)
    • 1997-1998: MSc Health Sciences The University of Birmingham. Awarded distinction for research dissertation.
    • 1997-1998: ENB A19 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner The university of Birmingham.
    • 1997-1998: ENB Higher Award The university of Birmingham
    • 1997-1998: ENB 405 Intensive Care of the Newborn The university of Birmingham 1997: _ENB 997 the university of Birmingham Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice
  • 1994-1996: Registered Midwife. DIPHE Midwifery Studies   The University of Liverpool
  • 1991-1994:Registered Nurse Project 2000 (Adult Branch) DIPHE Nursing Studies The University of Liverpool 

Languages

German ‘A’ Level

Good conversational French

Teaching

Why do I teach?

I teach because I am passionate about sharing knowledge. I am interested in how adults learn and have studdied this in great depth.  There is nothing more satisfying than seeing the development and transference of knowelgde and skills from one person to another.