Travel health

Recent teaching events:

Malaria workshop for GlaxoSmithKline.

Travel health update for Cardiff University.

Current themes in travel medicine for Pavilion Family Doctors travel clinic.

"That was SO interesting!"

Student, University of Glamorgan Travel Health module.

Acupuncture

"Only two treatments and my golfer's elbow pain has gone. No need for steroid injections." Gloucester client.

"It's marvellous - I've cut right down on my painkillers". Cheltenham client.

Education

Experience includes:

External examiner, University of Hertfordshire.

Education QA Visitor, NMC.

Clinical programme developer, University of Gloucestershire.

Senior Lifelong Learning Fellow, Royal College of Nursing.

Recent successes:

Conference chair, Primary Care Live!

Keynote speech given at Nursing in Practice conference, Cardiff 2008.

Presentation at the International Society of Travel Medicine conference, Vancouver.

Publication of Dignity e-learning module written for the Royal College of Nursing.

Authoring

"You write to address, not just to impress - I can understand this". Student nurse, about an article.

"I can rely on Adrienne to deliver excellent copy before the deadline". Journal editor.

"I find this initiative of high quality - I do not know of an e-learning module of this kind in our country."  WK MD, University Hospital of Utrecht, The Netherlands. 

Consultancy & research

"To be adopted as policy". Executive nurse about a report on ethical sponsorship of educational events.

NHS Cervical Screening Programme: QA work conducted in primary care, and contributions made to the authorship of distance learning materials for smear-takers.

Contributions to research projects:

Evaluation of Healthy Living Centres. 

Distance learning for prescribers.

Reducing teenage pregnancy: working with boys and young men. NHS Executive.

Triage education for community staff. NHS Workforce Development Confederation.