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Chris Hanks

 

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Chris Hanks

  • Job title: Associate Professor, Academic Lead in Health Studies - Care of Older People, School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health, Education and Society)
  • Address: Room 3/ Chris Hanks, 3 Portland Villas, Drake Circus,
    Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
  • Postal address: Room 2A, 19 Portland Villas, Drake Circus,
    Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
  • Telephone: +441752586515
  • Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 586515
  • Email: chris.hanks@plymouth.ac.uk


Role


 

 

Qualifications & background

MSc Gerontology

BSc (Hons.) Physiology

Registered Nurse

Registered Midwife

Registered Nurse Teacher

 

Roles on external bodies

 


Teaching interests

In my current role, teaching has a high priority.  The subjects I teach are:
All aspects of Ageing and Care of Older People, including Biology of Ageing; 
Sociology and Psychology of Ageing;
· Biological Sciences, pure and applied to practice;
· Nursing, particularly Nursing Theory;
· Research Methodology
I mainly teach Undergraduate (pre-registration and post registration) Nursing Students, but also Paramedic Practitioner students and a variety of other undergraduate and post graduate Health Care Students.

 

Staff serving as external examiners
I am currently an external examiner for a postgraduate course at the University of Leeds  


Research interests

Very Old people

Gender and Ageing

 

UoP Research group membership

Ageing and Rurality 

Publications

Most recent publications:

 

  • 2000 Allabaster E.; Hanks CM et al User involvement in user-focused research? Working Paper Internal Publication University of Wales College of Medicine

 

 

  • 2005 Jones Ray; Lindsey, Laura; Hanks Chris; McMullan Mirjam; Campbell Jackie; Evans Jane and Cooke Mary Best Foot Forward: Older People and Foot Care Help The Aged London

 

  • 2005 Jones R, Rogers R, Roberts J, Callaghan L, Lindsey L, Campbell J, Thorogood M, Wright G, Gaunt N, Hanks C, Williamson GR
    What Is e-Health (5): A Research Agenda for e-Health Through Stakeholder Consultation and Policy Context Review
    J Med Internet Res 2005;7(5):e54 <URL:
    http://www.jmir.org/2005/5/e54/>

 

  • 2006 Hanks C and Bruce M “Care of the Foot” Chapter 14 in “Nursing Older People” Fourth Edition Ed. By Sally Redfern and Fiona Ross  Elsevier Churchill Livingstone Edinburgh