Developments

 

 

 

Academic Achievements

  • Doctor of Philosophy for the thesis entitled  'Critical Discourse Analysis of Interprofessional Online Learning  Experience of Healthcare Professionals in Asynchronous Text-based Computer Mediated Conferencing within Higher Education

  • University of Hull, United Kingdom - completed 2009

  • Master of Business Administration - Leicester University, United Kingdom - completed 1998

  • Master of Science, Health Professional Studies (Lecturer) - University of Hull, United Kingdom, completed 2005

  • Graduate Diploma in Research - University of Hull, United Kingdom, completed 2009

  • Bachelor of Nursing - La Trobe University, Australia, completed 1993

  • Advanced Diploma in Critical and Coronary Care Nursing - Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore, completed 1996

 

Professional Qualifications

  • Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy 2013

  • HEA Sir Ron Cooke International Scholar 2012

  • Registered Nurse 2001 [recorded in the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Register

  • Registered Lecturer/Practice Educator (Higher Education) 2003 [recorded in the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Register

Professional Roles

  • Lecturer - Faculty of Health and Social Care, The University of Hull, United Kingdom, 2003 till date

  • Critical Care Nurse - General Surgical/Medical Intensive Care Unit (ITU), Pilgrim Hospital, United Kingdom, (2002-2003)

  • Lecturer- School of Health Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore, (2000-2001)

  • Critical Care Nurse  - General Surgical ICU, Singapore General  Hospital, Singapore, (1997-2000)

  • Critical Care Nurse - Paediatric/Neonatal  Surgical-Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, (1996-1997)

  • Registered General Nurse  - Coronary Care Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, (1994 -1996)

  • Registered General Nurse  - Cardiothoracic/Cardiothoracic High Dependency/Hand Surgery Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, 1991

 

Extended Professional Roles

  • Research Data Management Steering Group Member - University of Hull, England 2015 till date

  • Council Member - Rowley Parish Council, England. July 2013 till date

  • Chair - Black Minority Ethnic Staff Network Group, University of Hull, England 2015 till date

  • External Examiner - MSc (Interprofessional Online Learning) School of Health - University of Central Lancashire

  • External Examiner - PhD theses (Healthcare Education and technologies) at Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, 2012

  • External Examiner - MSc & PGDip (Leadership and Policies) at King's College London, England, 2011 till date

  • Editor, Journal of Healthcare, SCIKNOW Group, New York, 2013 till date

  • Editor, Journal of Nurse Education and Practice, 2011 till date

  • Book reviewer for Sage Publication: Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis by Ruth Wodak and Michael Meyer

  • Book reviewer for Cengage Learning EMEA: Beginning Reflective Practice from the Foundations in Nursing and Healthcare Series by Lynne Wigens and Jane Day

  • Reviewer for Journals, 2011 till date: 1) Journal of Communication Technology and Human Behaviour; 2) Journal of Interprofessional Care and 3) International Journal of Nursing Studies

  • Non-Executive Director/External Reviewer for Healthcare Professions Education Institutions 2010 till date

  • Research Consultant in Clinical Practice, 2003 till date

  • Co-chair of the Nursing Symposium - The 5th Annual Scientific Meeting of Singapore General Hospital, 1994

  • Co-editor of Nursing Flash [in-House Journal: Singapore General Hospital Hospital], 1993-1995

  • Education Support in clinical practice 1993-2001