Caroline Smith

  • Senior Lecturer Physiotherapy Professional Lead Physiotherapy
  • Institute of Health
  • Health and Wellbeing
Caroline Smith

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 19th 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 29th 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.