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Research Group

Pedagogy research for health and social care

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We will support a culture of research and scholarship aiming to encourage all staff to pursue research and scholarly activities which will complement our philosophy of research-led education where research underpins curriculum content across all our subject areas.

  • Dr Tim Goodchild is the academic leading this research group and will be co-ordinating a range of meetings and activities with staff and PGR students in the school who have work streams and programmes of research which focus on teaching and learning, curricula, academic inquiry, student and placement experience and interprofessional practice. Dr Goodchild’s work centres around pedagogy and technology enhanced learning in HEIs. 
  • Dr Mary Kennedy in her role as service user lead and specialist interest in dementia has used creative arts in education and storytelling to establish a digital storytelling project to develop learning resources to support teaching within the school.
  • Dr Chris Green has a specialist interest in health professions education and critical pedagogy. He is currently involved in a study looking at racism in clinical placements funded by Health Education England.
  • Professor Andrew Bateman has developed online remote clinics for student placements reaching out to those living with neuro-developmental and language disorders.
  • Professor Winifred Eboh co-chairs with Professor Victoria Joffe and Dr Chris Green a working group tackling racism in health and social care and successfully secured funding from Health Education England. Dr Chris Green’s work is look at racism in placements. Professor Eboh has led on the development of the Dare to Care website aimed at tackling racism in health and social care settings. The website comprises training modules using real-life examples of racism experienced by healthcare staff, Open Access peer-reviewed research papers, news articles, blogs, and links to support groups and charities.
  • Professor Camille Cronin has looked at dementia and culture in the workforce, and the socialisation of nursing students in dementia care. Professor Cronin is also working with others in the School in embedding research within a person centred curriculum.

Group lead

Dr Timothy Goodchild

Dr Timothy Goodchild

Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Dr Matumo Ramafikeng
Dr Matumo Ramafikeng

Co-lead

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Our projects

Improving mouth care in an acute hospital trust

Improving mouth care in an acute hospital trust

We worked with staff in two acute orthopaedic wards to develop a one-hour workshop on how to improve mouth care for patients.

Nursing students' cultural beliefs and understanding of dementia

In this project, run in collaboration with the University of Greenwich and Oxford Brookes, we looked at the impact of culture on how nursing students understand dementia, and how this is reflected in their care of dementia patients.

Technology-enhanced learning in nursing education

The purpose of this research is to offer a critical insight into the ubiquity of technology enhanced learning.

Postgraduate research

If you are interested in developing your research around education and pedagogy through a postgraduate research degree or a Professional Doctorate, then there are a range of staff that have developed a reflective and critical stance to learning and a research-led in education in healthcare.

If you are looking for a potential supervisor for your research degree, you can browse our list of academic staff below and get in touch to discuss your proposal.

Current doctoral research

The experiences of educators supporting the pastoral needs of undergraduate radiography students

This phenomenological research explores and interprets the lived experiences of educators engaged in providing pastoral supervision and support for radiography students.

Illuminating these experiences can transform our understandings of educator identities and activities and inform contemporary student support policies in health and higher education.

Hollie Hadwen

Developing a cyborg ontology of technology in intensive care

This study examines how intensive care nurses conceptualise themselves in relation to the technologies that they engage with in their work.

Donna Pierre

Is the Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) curriculum fit for purpose?

This longitudinal study evaluates the experiences of trainee psychological wellbeing practitioners as they progress through their curriculum and transition in to practice.

Rachel Parsons

Predictors of applied numeracy performance in undergraduate nursing students

This quantitative study compares demographic, educational and diagnostic variables with applied numeracy outcomes for student nurses.

The research seeks to identify attributes associated with numeracy performance in order to inform and tailor recruitment and support policies.

Clare Carpenter-Timmis

Our researchers

Academics

Dr Esther Ariyo
Dr Esther Ariyo

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Marina Bailey
Marina Bailey

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Caroline Bald
Caroline Bald

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Professor Andrew Bateman
Professor Andrew Bateman

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Abril Tejedor Benitez
Abril Tejedor Benitez

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Kathryn Burke
Kathryn Burke

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Dr Anna Caute
Dr Anna Caute

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Professor Camille Cronin
Professor Camille Cronin

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Professor Winifred Eboh
Professor Winifred Eboh

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

David Everiss
David Everiss

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Charlotte Flynn
Charlotte Flynn

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Simone Glanville
Simone Glanville

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Hellen Horton
Hellen Horton

Lecturer

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Karen Hudson
Karen Hudson

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Helen Jocelyn
Helen Jocelyn

Lecturer

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Dr Stephen Joseph
Dr Stephen Joseph

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Dr Mary Kennedy
Dr Mary Kennedy

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Sarah Lee
Sarah Lee

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Arnold Pariag
Arnold Pariag

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Rachael Parsons
Rachael Parsons

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Dr Shabnam Sagar
Dr Shabnam Sagar

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Karolina Walewska
Karolina Walewska

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Esther Wilson
Esther Wilson

Group member

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Dr Lee Yarwood-Ross
Dr Lee Yarwood-Ross

Senior Research Officer

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Postgraduate students

Michelle Biggins
Michelle Biggins

PhD student

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Hollie Hadwen
Hollie Hadwen

PhD student

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Muzaffar Hussain
Muzaffar Hussain

PhD student

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex

Latest blogs
An inclusive and decolonised Health and Social Care curriculum
Akudo Amadiegwu, Professor Winifred Eboh
31 March 2022
Inclusive Pedagogy – what is it, why does it matter, and how can we improve?
Dr Rebecca Alegbo
08 July 2021
Diversity in clinical psychology training at Essex
Professor Susan McPherson, Dr Frances Blumenfold
25 June 2021
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