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Staff Profile

Dr Sophie Hill

Lecturer in Medical Education

  • Address: School of Medicine
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
    Cookson Building
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    NE2 4HH
Background

I am a prosthetist/orthotist by background. After working clinically for a number of years I moved into prosthetic and orthotic education working in the UK at the University of Salford, and in Norway at Oslo Metropolitan University. In 2020 I moved into medical education here at Â鶹´«Ã½. 

I completed my Phd from Lancaster University in 2012. My thesis was "Troublesome or Threshold: the experience of difficult concepts in prosthetics".

Currently, I have various roles within the Medical Education programme and the School of Medicine.

Teaching

I am module leader for the modules Scholarship in Medical Education and Advancing Teaching and Learning. These are both modules on the Masters and Diploma in Medical Education. I also supervise students on the Advanced Study Module (dissertation).


Previously, I was module leader for Utlising Technology in Medical Education and Assessment in Medical Education, in addition to the modules listed above.


At previous higher education institutions I have been responsible for modules on clinical prosthetics and orthotics research methods, public health, anatomy, physiology and pathology, undergraduate dissertations, interprofessional education and others.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Hill S, Bregazzi R. . South Sudan Medical Journal 2023, 16(2), 64-67.
    • Hill S. . Studies in Higher Education 2020, 45(3), 665-676.
    • Hill S, Rusaw DF, Goihl T, Hjerman AK, Schwannborg LR, Bauge K. . Quality in Higher Education 2020, 26(3), 323-336.
    • Hill S. . Prosthetics and Orthotics International 2017, 41(6), 548-555.
    • Hill S. Troublesome knowledge: why don't they understand?. Health Information & Libraries Journal 2010, 27(1), 80 - 83.
    • Grant MJ, Munro W, McIsaac J, Hill S. Cross-disciplinary writers' group stimulates fresh approaches to scholarly communication: a reflective case study within a higher education institution in the North West of England. New Review of Academic Librarianship 2010, 16(supp 1), 44-64.

  • Book Chapter

    • Hill S. Knocking on the Door: How do students enter the disciplinary community of practice?. In: Eamon, O'Doherty, ed. The Fifth Educationn in a Changing Environment Conference Book 2009: Critical Voices, Critical Times. Santa Rosa, CA, USA: Informing Science Press, 2011, pp.99-116.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

    • Roberts G, Mitchelson G, Hill S, Bussey S, Thewlis D, Black E, Burford B. Improving part-time postgraduate student engagement with a programme's online learning community using discussion forums. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Scientific Meeting. 2024. In Preparation.