Ms Karen Lumsden

Qualifications: MA Management Studies; DMS- Diploma in Management Studies; PGCLT - Post graduate certificate in Learning & Teaching; Post graduate certificate in Critical Care; Fellowship of Higher Education Academy. NMC Registered Tutor.

Posts held: School Curriculum Lead; Health & Safety Coordinator; Chair of Fitness to Practice.
Academic Group Lead; Course Director for BSc (Hons) Clinical Practice; Course Director for BSc (Hons) Applied Practice; Course Director BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science
BSc (Hons) Nursing-Personal Academic Tutor; Module Lead: Critical Review of Practice, Link Lecturer EKHFT - various emergency care areas across the TrustCPD- Module Lead: Transforming Healthcare Provision. Lecturer: Negotiated Module

Research Interests: Quality Improvement; Higher Education, Research within undergraduate provision, Leadership & Management & Emergency Care"

I joined Canterbury Christ Church University in 2001 on a part-time basis, concurrently retaining a clinical post as Senior Nurse/Emergency Nurse Practitioner, whilst attaining my Higher Education teaching qualification and undertaking additional postgraduate studies. I became a full-time academic in 2011. Although originally employed to teach subject specific modules for post registration staff within my specialist field of emergency care, my focus has now transferred more to quality improvement and service transformation, underpinned by collaborative working, research and education.

Research Interests: Quality Improvement; Higher Education; Research Informed Teaching & Emergency Care.

• External Examiner at Coventry University for the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Course & the First Contact Practitioner CPD Course.
• Reviewer for Emergency Nurse Journal
• Reviewer for RCN Paediatric Journal
• Panel Member for HEIW (Health Education and Improvement Wales) in connection with the procurement of pre and post-registration health professional education and training services.