Claire Leader

Assistant Professor

Department: Nursing, Midwifery & Health

My nursing and midwifery career has spanned over 20 years across clinical practice, research delivery and more recently in academia as a Senior Lecturer for Northumbria University.

In my current role I am responsible for the Programme leadership of the September 2018 Adult Nursing cohort of approximately 300 students. This role incorporates a range of responsibilities relating to programme and module design and management, student support, engagement and enhancement of the student experience as well as quality monitoring and review. From September 2021 I will also be contributing to pre-registration nursing programmes at Glasgow Caledonian University as an external examiner.

I completed my MA at Newcastle University in Sociology and Social research. The focus of my dissertation was decision making in pregnancy following a previous caesarean section using Foucault’s Technologies of Power as a theoretical framework. Building on theoretical understandings of power, I am currently undertaking a PhD in the area of NHS workforce wellbeing and policy implementation which I hope to have completed by 2025.

I have a range of publications including articles in peer reviewed journals, comment pieces as well as book chapters which contribute to knowledge and education of Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals.

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Key Publications

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Preparing for Practice, the Effects of Repeated Immersive Simulation on The Knowledge and Self-Efficacy of Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study, Platt, A., Allan, J., Leader, C., Prescott-Clements, L., McMeekin, P. 1 Jan 2024, In: Nurse Education in Practice
A realist evaluation of online examinations and remote proctoring for pre-registration nursing students, Ford, C., Park, L., Leader, C. 1 Oct 2023, In: Advances in Online Education
Growing the midwifery workforce, Leader, C. 2 May 2023, In: British Journal of Midwifery
Inflammation and the immune system, Ford, C., Leader, C. 1 Feb 2023, Fundamentals of Pathophysiology for Midwifery Students, Wiley
A research student exploring the use of remote proctoring to assess preregistration nursing students, Ford, C., Park, L., Leader, C. 9 Apr 2022, Engaging Students: Building Communities
Nursing and medical students’ assessment of teamworking and communication during an interprofessional simulation education (IPSE) collaboration, Leader, C., Platt, A., Baxter, I. 15 Nov 2022
An evaluation of online examinations and remote proctoring for pre-registration nursing students, Ford, C., Park, L., Leader, C. 26 Apr 2021, NET 2021 Conference
Legal and Ethical issues, Leader, C., Senior, E., Flynn, D. 25 Feb 2021, Fundamentals of Pharmacology for Nursing and Healthcare Students, Hoboken, NJ, Wiley
Nutrition and associated disorders, Leader, C. 13 May 2021, Fundamentals of Applied Pathophysiology , Hoboken, NJ, Wiley
Nurses' health and wellbeing, Leader, C. 27 Feb 2020, In: British Journal of Nursing

Professional Activity

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Invited talk: Simulated Practice Learning in a UK Nursing Curriculum: Integrating Research and Practice 2023
Hosting an academic visitor: Frances McGill 2023
Invited talk: An evaluation of online examinations and remote proctoring for pre-registration nursing students 2021
Publication Peer-review: Wiley (Publisher) 2021

Qualifications

Education PGCert April 01 2020
Sociology MA November 01 2012
Midwifery BSc (Hons) March 01 2005
Nursing Studies Advanced Diploma July 08 1999

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