Education Team

Education Centre Director - Bridget Moss
M. A. Clinical Education (Edge Hill University), Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and learning in Clinical Practice, B.A Social Science and Administration (London University).

Publication in: Moss et al (2002) Palliative Care in Acute Hospitals, IN Nursing Times vol. 98, no. 6, p35-36
An established background in Palliative Care nursing and lecturing
A proficient lecturer whose interests include research and audit into the provision of specialist Palliative Care Services across Cancer Networks, including service mapping and identification of gaps and recommendations to develop services in accordance with NICE (2004) Guidance.
Also has an interest in examining the question of how competency portfolios (as summative assessments) can be used to assess learning together with the significance of how tutorial support can impact on students' learning. Wider interests include the development of e-learning in future palliative care education. Special interests in palliative care include Advanced Clinical Practice, Holistic Palliative Care, and Children and Bereavement. We place high value on the support offered to students and this ranges from those attending one day courses through to those studying individual modules or completing their dissertation.
Currently training to be a facilitator in the National Advanced Communication Skills Programme.

Responsible for:

Leading all programmes and modules within the Education Centre
Manager and Director of St. Helena Hospice including responsibility for Collaborative Partnerships with ARU
Module leader – Principles of Palliative Care
Specialist Clinical Practice
Working with People in Situations of Loss

Lecturer - Sheliagh Cheesman
BSc Specialist Nursing, Post Graduate Certificate in Education

Publication in:
Cheesman et al (2001) Exploring the value of Shiatsu in Palliative Care Day Services, IN International Journal of Palliative Nursing,
An experienced lecturer, Deputy Director of Education and Community Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care, who has developed her teaching career to include leading the BSC in Palliative Care and working closely with degree students, from application to graduation
Trained facilitator for the National Advanced Communication Skills Programme

Responsible for:-

Maintaining the standards and quality of the teaching experience for the students
Student pathway planning for higher education, leading to BSc (Hons) Palliative Care
Module leader for Communication Skills in End of Life Care
Symptom Management in Palliative Care
Facing Death: Patients, Families and Professionals
Massage Skills for the Palliative Care Practitioner

Lecturer - Kate Powis
Ph.D. (Essex), M.A. (Social Research, Essex), M.A. (Human Rights, Essex), B.A. (Joint Hons, Herts)

With a background in philosophy, history and human rights, her thesis is entitled “Facing Death: Story and Psyche” and is informed by sociological and psycho-analytic theory and reflects her interests in death, dying and society and psycho-social research methodology. Her doctorate and masters in Social Research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Other interests include: narratives of the dying, the role of creativity in palliative care, the work of mourning, ethical debates in healthcare and the limitations of language and the rational and its implications for qualitative research and evidence based practice.
She has taught social theory and psycho-social research in the Sociology department at Essex and also very much enjoys the opportunities to engage with students and practitioners that teaching and facilitating at the Education Centre offers.
She is also involved in the Poetry Working Group, which seeks to raise the profile of poetry and other art-forms in St Helena Hospice.

Responsible for:

Arts and Humanities
Children and Bereavement
Completion of Life: Connecting with the Terminally Ill
Ethics
Process of Qualitative Enquiry
Spirituality in the Healthcare Context