Profiles
Mrs Louise Winfield
Head of School
School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)
- Nursing
- Service improvement
- Advanced practice
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Role
As Head of School I am responsible for leading a large team across multiple sites which delivers a portfolio of undergraduate and post qualifying courses and programmes, liaising with service providers to maintain a quality provision for our students. I am an experienced educator with a clinical background in nursing. I have always prided myself on my commitment to teaching excellence and am committed as an individual to ensuring that students are challenged and supported through their educational journey
Qualifications
Professional Education:
Registered General Nurse
General Intensive Care Course
Diploma in Professional Studies Nursing
Bsc (Hons) Health Studies
Msc Public Sector Management
PG Diploma in Education
Professional membership
Royal College of Nursing
Fellow, Higher Education Academy
The Association of Advanced Nursing Practice Educators
Teaching interests
- Advanced Practice
- Adult Nursing
- Interprofessional Education
- Management and Leadership
- Research Methodology and Research Methods
- Service Improvement
- Consultation Skills
Staff serving as external examiners
- Bournemouth University BSc/MSc Advanced Professional Practice 2006-2011
- Invited panel expert Teesside University validation event 2012
- Buckingham New University MSc Advanced Practice 2011-2014
- Invited Cardiff University MSc Advanced Practice 2014-2019
- Invited Birmingham University MSc Advanced Practice 2015-2019
Research interests
Leadership
Advanced Practice
Service Improvement
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Why prescribe antibiotics for otitis media in children?
Grants & contracts
Title: What effect does the organisational nursing structure have on nurses and their environment?
Grant Holder: Endacott R. Winfield L.
Funding Body: Taunton Hospital NHS Trust
Amount: £20.000 Date: 2012
Title: Registered Nurses Perceptions of the Discharge Planning Process for Adult Patients in an Acute Care Hospital
Grant Holder: Morris J. Winfield L. Young K.
Funding Body: Royal Cornwall Hospital
Amount: £5000 Date: 2010
Title: Objective Structured Clinical Examinations; Expert clinical examiners decision processes? Are they Recognition Primed?
Grant holder: Cooper S. Winfield L. Bradbury M.
Funding Body: Centre for Education Teaching and Learning
Amount: £5000 Date: 2006
Key publications are highlighted
JournalsOther academic activities
Book Review for Journal of Advanced Nursing
Advanced Nursing Practice by Madrean Schober & Fadwa Affara
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford 2006 223 pages, £27.99 ISBN-13: 978-14051-0234-6.
Published 2007