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 亚色视频 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 University of Bath
  • MSc in Health 鈥 亚色视频
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice 鈥 亚色视频
  • BSc (Hons) Nursing Practice (Perioperative Critical Care) 鈥 亚色视频
  • Dip of (HE) Operating Department Practice 鈥 亚色视频
  • 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

E: mary.beckwith@beds.ac.uk

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