Role
Annie is the programme leader for the Graduate Diploma , Graduate Certificate Award and BSc (Hons) in Emergency Care. This is a degree course that can be undertaken over a varying time scale. Students could undertake the degree over one year or alternatively take up to five years to complete the programme. It has been designed for those who are those involved with the delivery of emergency care. Students are required to have current experience in emergency care either in emergency departments, minor injury unit or pre-hospital paramedics. Military personnel are also welcome provided they meet the admission criteria. Medical School students who have successfully completed their 4th year can also undertake the Emergency Care degree over one year via an intercalated route.
I am also the Academic Lead for two courses; the BSc (Hons) Paramedic Practitioner (Community Emergency Health and DipHE Operating Department Practitioner. The BSc (Hons) Paramedic Practitioner (Community Emergency Health course is for those who want to become paramedics or paramedic practitioners and for those who have a role in assisting a member of the public in emergency health matters. DipHE Operating Department Practitioner is a two year programme preparing those who will be undertaking the role of an ODP in their future career. We are working towards developing the ODP course into a Bachelor of Science.
Qualifications & background
MSc (Emergency Care) PGD (Ed) BSc (Hons) Health Studies, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, RGN
Background; is that of an Accident & Emergency Nurse. Having worked in a number of A&E departments and I arrived in Plymouth in 1981 where my professional interests expanded to include education of staff in A&E. This resulted in becoming an Education Sister for approximately 4 years of which the last 18 months included the role of Lecturer Practitioner for A&E modules. In August 2000 I joined the University full time and commenced as a Senior Lecturer. I have led the Graduate Award and BSc(Hons) in Emergency Care and I have maintined my clinical links through actively engaging in practice. In 2004 I was promoted to a Principal Lecturer and have held the Associate Professor / Academic Lead title since May 2010.
Professional membership
Royal College of Nursing
RCN Emergency Nurse Forum
Higher Education Ambulance Development Group (Former member)
British Paramedic Association (Associate member)
Roles on external bodies
Higher Education Ambulance Development Group (HEADG) (Former Member / Secretary)
Ambulance Workforce Development: Transition Group (Former Member)
British Paramedic Association - role development group - mentoring
Regional Practitioner meeting member
Teaching interests
In relation to emerency care my teaching interests are many and various. I have a special interest in Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) as a form of assessment. Through an Enterprise Fellowship Award I gained the opportunity to develop this interest further by introducing standardisation of practice within the Faculty.
I am currently a project lead for OSCE component of the CEPPL project. In 2005 I won the University of Plymouth Enterprise Award for the OSCE work undertaken.
I continue to take a keen interest in many aspects of emergency care / unscheduled care developments and take an interest in developing education and skills that will take practice forward
Staff serving as external examiners
a previous role included being an External Examiner for the University of Wales (Swansea)
Research interests
Patient handover from the Ambulance staff to Emergency Department staff (MSc dissertation)
Collaboration research regarding the role of Emergency Care Practitioners
OSCE development
Other research
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Grants & contracts
Title:
Inter-professional collaboration in emergency care
Grant holder: Cooper S. Jenkin A. Badger B.
Funding Body: Burdett Trust for Nursing
Amount awarded: £32,000 Date Awarded: 2004
Creative practice & artistic projects
Development of DVD's in relation to OSCE and more recently development of DVD's for Health Assessment and Clinical Examination
Publications
Published articles
Simon Cooper, Judith O’Carroll, Annie Jenkin and Beryl Badger (2007) Collaborative practices in unscheduled
emergency care: role and impact of the emergency care practitionerqualitative and summative findings Emerg. Med. J. 2007;24;625-629
Simon Cooper, Judith O’Carroll, Annie Jenkin and Beryl Badger (2007) Collaborative practices in unscheduled emergency care: role and impact of the emergency care practitionerquantitative findings Emerg. Med. J. 2007;24;630-633
Poster Presentation - Smith J, Jenkin A, Hennessy C (2007) A retrospective chart review of elderly patients who cannot weight bear following a hip injury but whose initial X-rays are normal. Presented to the College of Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Conference in Sheffield September 2007
Jenkin A, Abelson- Mitchell N, Cooper S (2007) Patient Handover time for a change Journal of Accident & Emergency Nursing 15, 141-147
Jenkin A & Millward J (2006) A moral dilemma in the emergency room: confidentiality and domestic violence, Journal of Accident & Emergency Nursing. 2006 14, 38-42
Jenkin A (2005) In the media spotlight Emergency Nursing 200513 (1) 12-15
Jenkin A (2002) Meeting the challenges of emergency care, Emergency Nurse 2002: 9:10; 14-16
Jenkin A (1999) Total Eclipse of the sun, Emergency Nurse, 1999: 7:4: 6-7
Jenkin A (1998) Using an Educational display board in A&E, Emergency Nurse. 1998:5:4:18-20
Jenkin A (1997) Cervical spine immobilisation: a modified approach, Emergency Nursing 1997:5:4:18-20
Jenkin A (1996) The Nasopharyngeal airway: a useful adjunct for the A&E nurse, Accident & Emergency Nursing Journal 1996: 4:16-20
Jenkin A (1994) Attitudes to the teaching and training of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Journal of Clinical Nursing 1994: 3:193-194
Jenkin A (1993) Legal aspects of basic life support. Association of Resuscitation Training Officers.
Commissioned article/s
Grant I C (Ed)Kurafid: the British Antarctic Survey Medical Handbook British Antartic Survey / Boeing Publishers 2001
Guly H.R. Nursing Notes:History taking, examination and record keeping in emergency medicine
Oxford University Press1996
Reports & invited lectures
February 2007 British Paramedic Association: Professional Preparation and Practice
September 2006: Chair for Peninsula Paramedic Conference forum: advancing the emergency practitioners role
August 2006 conference : Northumbria EARLI SIG, Assessment conference 2006 'Assessment for Excellence. In this conference I shared the developments of what is happening within the CEPPL project on OSCE developments.
May 2006
November 2004 RCN Emergency Care Association Conference: Beyond the obvious
Major Incident:Using a tabletop exercise to assist the preparedness of Emergency Department nurses
May 2005 Ambulance Service Association (London): How does assessment relate to clinical practice
Conferences organised
Other academic activities
Partnership link lecturer with the ambulance service
Seconded to the Centre of Excellence (CEPPL) one day a week and currently am a project lead for matters related to Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE). This has included developing a range of resources that help students and academics to increase their skills and knowledge with OSCE's and clinical examination. We are currently undertaking a literature review of OSCE.
