Miriam McMullan

Dr Miriam McMullan - ()

Job title: Lecturer - Podiatry, School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health, Education and Society)
Address: Room SF23, Peninsula Allied Health Centre, College of St Mark and St John, Derriford Road,
Plymouth, Devon, PL6 9BH
Telephone: +44 (0)1752 588829
Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 238874
Email: M.McMullan@plymouth.ac.uk

Qualifications & background

PhD, Peninsula Medical School, July 2008

MSc Social Research (Distinction), University of Plymouth, September 2004

BSc (Hons) Podiatry, University of Plymouth, June 2000

MSc Information Technology, University of Glasgow, June 1988

BSc (Hons) Human Biology, University of London, June 1984

Professional membership
Member of the Health Professions Council
Member of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists

Research interests

My research interests, in addition to human biology and podiatry, lie in placement, electronic, multi-professional and patient education and learning.

Other research

Research projects:

• Development of a computer based medical information system on pregnancy (MSc Information Technology dissertation, University of Glasgow,1988).

• Comparing traditional learning with web based learning in podiatry(BSc Podiatry final year project, 2000).

• CRUpen (Collaborating Research Units Portfolio Evaluation Network) research project (2000-2002). This two year ENB commissioned project was a collaboration between the Universities of Brighton, Napier, Plymouth and Portsmouth and was entitled “Evaluation of the Use of Portfolios in the Assessment of Learning and Competence in Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting”.

• Education after Brain Injury Research Project (April 2002). This two year project was funded by the European Social Fund, the Leonard Cheshire Foundation and South & West Devon Health Authority. The aim of the project was to enhance access of clients with traumatic brain injury to

learning resources so as to enable the full development of their potential.

• Evaluative study of the Practice Educator role (2002-2003). The Practice Educator was a totally new post created, in February 2000, by the Higher Education Institution to support students and assessors in practice. The appointments were initially for three years. The aim of this project, which was funded by the Somerset, Devon and Cornwall Workforce Development Collaboration, was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Practice Educator post before extending it further.

• Implementing competency recommendations into pre-registration nursing curricula: effect upon student confidence and changes to practice (2003-2004). This one year study, which was funded by the Devon & Cornwall Workforce Development Collaboration, aimed to determine whether recommendations by the Department of Health and UKCC had been successful in improving newly qualified nurses’ practice and their confidence in their practice.

• Podiatry for Older People (summer 2004). This study was a collaborative study with the University College Northampton and was funded by ‘Help the Aged’.

• Students' Perceptions on the use of Portfolios in Pre-Registration Nursing Education (MSc Social Research Dissertation, University of Plymouth, 2004).

• The use of an interactive e-learning Drug Calculations package by Operating Practice Department students (2005).
• The use of a DVD on Local Anaesthetics / Nail Surgery by Podiatry students (2006)
• Drug calculations: Development and evaluation of an interactive e-learning support package.
PhD dissertation, July 2008.

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