Mary Beckwith
Senior Lecturer in Operating Department Practice
My passion for the 鈥榮crub and circulating鈥 roles in surgery began in the early 1980s when I first earned a Certificate in Surgical Technology in the United States.
I have been providing and/or teaching perioperative patient care for more than 40 years.
I鈥檝e earned a nurses鈥 registration in the United States and qualifications as a registered operating department practitioner and registered nurse in the United Kingdom.
I took up my position as Senior Lecturer with the Operating Department Practice team at the 天美传媒 in 2008 and enjoy engaging with pre-registration students whilst employing a variety of learning strategies in and out of the classroom.
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Diploma in Research in Health Practice 鈥 天美传媒 of Bath
- MSc in Health 鈥 天美传媒
- Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice 鈥 天美传媒
- BSc (Hons) Nursing Practice (Perioperative Critical Care) 鈥 天美传媒
- Dip of (HE) Operating Department Practice 鈥 天美传媒
- Associate Degree of Nursing 鈥 Northwestern Community College, Michigan, US
- Certificate of Surgical Technology Programme 鈥 Lansing Community College, US
Teaching Expertise
Unit lead for preregistration operating department practice units
Research Interests
- Person- and family-centred perioperative care
- Perioperative informal carers/family caregiving
- Perioperative patient normothermia
- Healthcare service improvement
Publications
- Wareing, M., Green, H., Burden, B., Burns, S., Beckwith, M.A., Mhlanga, F. and Mann, B., 2018. 鈥淐oaching and Peer-Assisted Learning鈥 (C-PAL) - The mental health nursing student experience: A qualitative evaluation. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 25(8), pp.486-495
- Faculty Development: Learning from the student whilst developing the higher order thinking skills of right-to-try adult learners within the higher education setting 鈥 a self-directed reflective process. E-Leader International Journal, volume 10, Number 2, , ISSN 1935-4819 Chinese American Scholars Association, New York, New York, USA, June.
- Reflection or Critical Thinking?: A Pedagogical Revolution in North American Healthcare Education. E-Leader International Journal, volume 3, number 2, , ISSN 1935-4819. Chinese American Scholars Association, New York, New York, USA, June.
Contact Details
T: +44 (0)1582 743 812
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