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Mrs Dowsett Debbie

Job: Senior Lecturer

Faculty: Health and Life Sciences

School/department: School of Nursing and Midwifery

Address: ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH.

T: +44 (0)116 2013 884

E: ddowsett@dmu.ac.uk

W: /nursingandmidwifery

 

Personal profile

I have worked as Senior Lecturer (Adult Nursing) within the Leicester School of Nursing and Midwifery for the last 16 years. I have experience in teaching, personal tutoring, marking and the leadership and development of clinical and academic nursing modules and curricula, working with undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) pre and post registration nursing students and allied health practitioners. As Senior Lecturer I have worked in a range of academic roles within adult nursing including as Module Lead, Subject Lead and Programme Lead for both national and international Post Registration UG and PG Programmes.

I currently work as Programme Lead for the Post Registration BSc/MSc Professional Clinical Practice Programmes and I also work very closely with UHL as ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ link Tutor for the Nursing Associate Programme.
Before I worked at ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ I worked in the NHS and have experience in a variety of clinical, managerial and educational roles including Governance and Quality Manager, Professional Education/Development Lead and Renal Transplant Coordinator. I spent some years working as Donor and Recipient Specialist Transplant Nurse Practitioner at Oxford Radcliffe Trust and as Renal Transplant Ward Sister at the University Hospitals of Leicester. I started my clinical career working as a surgical nurse and then worked with haematology and bone marrow transplant patients.

I enjoy presenting at conferences educationally and I have had experience of External Examining. I currently peer review articles for the Nursing Standard.

My academic interests are: are coaching, leadership, governance, professionalism, accountability, advocacy, organizational culture, surgical and renal nursing.

Research group affiliations

Royal College of Nursing /Nursing and Midwifery Council

Publications and outputs

  • Chapter Publication “The role of the Mentor and Practice Teacher” in Fowler, J (2010) Staff Nurse Survival Guide, Quay Books
  • Rutty, J, Rutty, G, Biggs, M, Dowsett, D, Kitchener, A, Coltman N (2018) Using Post Mortem Computed Tomography (PMCT) images and videos as an innovative tool for teaching anatomy as an adjunct to traditional methods within pre-registration nursing curricula. Abstract acceptance for presentation: ISFRI Conference, May 2018, Melbourne Australia.
  • Rutty, J, Dowsett, D, Coltman, N Kitchener, A (2019) “Developing a toolkit to teach anatomy and physiology for adult students nurses using post mortem computerised photography” Nurse Education Today, Vol 2, February.
  • Padley W, Long J, Greenway, C Dowsett, J Ford, J Salter, N Welyczko N, Brown, J (2019) “Development of a tool to support managers decision making and evaluation of staff education and training” Nursing Standard (Published Online)

Conference Papers and Un-refereed Papers/Working Papers

  • Dowsett, D Karagic, L (2011): Nurse Education Today (NET) Conference: Presentation of Themed Paper – “Working in Partnership -Divide and Conquer: How restructuring a Module Lead to improved collaboration”
  • Richards, M, Dowsett D, Ahmad Al Qaissi, N M (2014): European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association, Latvia- MSc Renal Nursing, UAE. Certificate of Accreditation Award- Highly Commended joint receipt of award with Fatima College of Health Sciences, and SEHA Dialysis Services, Abu Dhabi, UAE for partnership working and collaboration.
  • Dowsett, D, Tonna C (2018) Abstract acceptance and poster presentation: “Preparing nurses for specialist practice through an international partnership” Higher Education Academic Conference 3-5 July 2018
  • Dowsett, D, Blankley, K (2019) “Starting the conversation- Integrating a Death Café into the undergraduate Nursing Curriculum” Acceptance and poster presentation , Hospice UK National Conference.

Book /Article Reviews

  • 2010: Academic reviewer for Pearl S, (2010) Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare (2nd Edition) Routledge. 

Research interests/expertise

Coaching/Educational Career Conversations/ Professionalism and Accountability in Nursing Curriculum Development/Nursing Associate Role and Development

Areas of teaching

Renal Transplant Nursing/ Professionalism/ Accountability/ Governance/ Risk Mgt & organizational Culture/ Teamwork and coaching 

Qualifications

RGN, BSc (Hons), PGcHE/Nmc RTQ , MSc (Prof Ed) , FHEA.

ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ taught

BSc (Hons) Professional Clinical Practice/ MSc Professional Clinical Practice