All Staff Members | Caroline Smith | University of Cumbria

Biography

I graduated as a Physiotherapist in 1980 from Guy's Hospital, London. I then studied for an MSc in Rehabilitation Studies at Southampton University prior to working for 14 years as a clinician and manager, in a range of different health and social care environments, in both the NHS and private sectors. My clinical specialist area is musculo-skeletal outpatients. In 1996 I took up a senior lecturing post in physiotherapy at the University West of England, Bristol and moved to the University of Cumbria in 2004. I am currently Professional Lead for physiotherapy within the university and am programme leader for the MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration, accelerated route). I am involved in teaching on both BSc (Hons) and MSc Physiotherapy programmes.

Qualifications and memberships

MSc (Rehabilitation Studies)
Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Registrant Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Academic and research interests

Musculo-skeletal dysfunction.
Pain management and disorders.
Language and Health.
Clinical reasoning development.
Research Method.
New Lecturer Development.

Publications

Boyd P, Smith C, Beyaztasc D I, (2014) Evaluating Academic Workplaces: the hyper-expansive environment experienced by university lecturers in professional fields. International Journal of Academic Development. Published online 19^th August 2014. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1360144X.2014.948255.

Boyd Pete, Smith Caroline (2014) The Contemporary Academic: orientation towards research work and researcher identity of higher education lecturers in the health professions. Studies in Higher Education. Published online 29^th July 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2014.943657

Smith, C. & Boyd, P. (2012) Becoming an Academic: The reconstruction of identity by recently appointed lecturers in Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions. Innovations in Education and Teaching International Vol 49 (1) pp63072. [Online: DOI:10.1080/14703297.2012.647784].

Boyd, P & Smith C. (2011) Being a University Lecturer in a Professional Field: tensions within boundary-crossing workplace contexts. Presentation at SHRE Conference, University of Cardiff.

Smith C & Boyd P (2010) Becoming an academic: The reconstruction of identity by recently appointed lecturers in Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions. Presentation at Academic Identities Conference, Strathclyde University.

Boyd P, Smith C, Lee S, MacDonald I (2009) Becoming a Health Profession Educator in a University: the experiences of recently appointed lecturers in Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions. Final report of a mini-project funded by the Health Sciences and Practice Centre of the Higher Education Academy.

[Online] Available at: http://www.health.heacademy.ac.uk/publications/miniproject/2009pboyd.pdf

Recent external roles

External Examiner for BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, Salford University 2015 - date.
External Examiner for BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, University of Birmingham 2017 - date.