Dr Catherine Lynch
Catherine is currently the course leader for the MSc Advancing Professional Practice and teaches on modules across the course, where she draws on her background as a registered nurse in both clinical and business settings.
Her Doctoral study explored the impact a placement in a Clinical Research Unit had on student nurses’ ability to relate research to practice and completed in 2021.
A Senior Fellow of the Higher Educational Academy, Catherine supervises Masters and Doctoral students and continues her interest in research as the deputy chair of the CNMH Ethics Committee and one of the co-founders of the CNMH Early Career Researchers Network group.
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Qualifications
- RGN
- Diploma Professional Studies in Nursing (South Bank University)
- BSc (South Bank University)
- PgCert Research (University of West London)
- MA Education (Thames Valley University)
- DNurs (University of West London)
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Memberships
Royal College of Nursing (RCN)Association of Advanced Nurse Practice Educators (AANPE)Co-founder of the CNMH Early Career Research Network group
Teaching
I have been leading various iterations of the Masters in Advanced Practice since 2009 at UWL, taking revised versions of the program through successful validation/revalidation ever 4 years. In addition, I led on the accreditation of the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice programme with Health Education England in 2020. I am passionate about empowering healthcare practitioners with the soft skills to make a different in their practice and cite the discovery of emotional intelligence and transactional analysis amongst my highlights in academia.
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Research and publications
Journal articles
Lynch, C. and Valimohamed, Z. (2019) Descriptive study describing student midwives' observations on obesity management in the antenatal phase of care. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 29(1): 47-50
Lynch, C. and Valimohamed, Z. (2018) A review of the factors which impact on the midwife's delivery of obesity advice in antenatal careMIDIRS Midwifery Digest, 28(4): 425-430
Bogue, R., Hahn, M. and Lynch, C. (2017) ‘Rehearsing for life: Applied theatre – A worthwhile pedagogic addition to those working and training in health and social care? The practitioner’s perspective’, Nurse Education Today, 51, pp. 112–113. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.11.024.
Nikolova, G. and Lynch, C. (2015) Do mothers use the internet for pregnancy related information and does it affect their decisions during the pregnancy? A literature review MIDIRS Midwifery Digest , vol 25, no 1, pp 21–26.
Lynch, C. and Nikolova, G. (2015) The internet: a reliable source for pregnancy and birth planning? A qualitative study MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, vol 25, no 2pp 193-199.
Publications in the MIDIRS Digest were joint publications with graduates of the MSc Advanced Practice using work undertaken as part of their Dissertations.
Book publications
Lynch, C. (2017) 'Professional, Legal and Ethical Considerations' in Acute and Critical Care Nursing – at a Glance (Dutton, H. and Finch, J.) Pearson Education Ltd. Pp 120-122.
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Conferences
December 2021 – Bournemouth University – The National Centre for Post Qualifying Social Work and Leadership Conference – Challenges for leadership in Healthcare.
July 2017 – UWL Teaching and Learning Conference – Can you hear me? Student and lecturer experiences of recorded spoken feedback – which had been trialled and now continues as a feedback mechanism for MSc Advanced Practice students. (Awarded Best Presentation at Conference)
July 2016 – UWL Teaching and Learning Conference – Launch of a 4 part electronic induction package designed for part time students starting the MSc Advanced Practice, with scope to be extended to other student groups.
July 2015 – UWL Teaching and Learning conference – MSc Advanced Practice students’ evaluation of Reusable Learning Objects designed using Xerte.
February 2014 - UWL launch of Richard Wells Centre - The effect of Advanced Practitioners in NHS settings in the UK in reducing waiting times for A&E patients: A systematic review.
