Senior Lecturer in in Operating Department Practice

My passion for the ‘scrub and circulating’ roles began in the early 1980s when I first earned a Certificate in Surgical Technology in the United States.

I began teaching perioperative patient care more than 10 years ago, after providing perioperative patient care for more than 20 years.

Since that time I’ve earned a nurses’ registration in the United States and qualifications as a registered operating department practitioner and registered nurse in the United Kingdom.

I took up my position as Senior Lecturer with the Operating Department Practice team at the University of Bedfordshire in 2008 and enjoy engaging with pre-registration and post-qualification students whilst employing a variety of learning strategies in and out of the classroom.

Qualifications

• MSc in Health – University of Bedfordshire
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice – University of Bedfordshire
• BSc (Hons) Nursing Practice (Perioperative Critical Care) – University of Bedfordshire
• Dip of (HE) Operating Department Practice – University of Bedfordshire
• Associate Degree of Nursing – Northwestern Community College, Michigan, US
• Certificate of Surgical Technology Programme – Lansing Community College, US

Teaching Expertise

• Unit lead for preregistration ODP and post-qualification intraoperative patient care units

Research Interests

• Person- and family-centred perioperative care
• Perioperative informal carers/family caregiving
• Perioperative patient normothermia
• Healthcare service improvement
• Supporting healthcare students in raising concerns

Publications

• Wareing, M., Green, H., Burden, B., Burns, S., Beckwith, M.A., Mhlanga, F. and Mann, B., 2018. “Coaching and Peer-Assisted Learning” (C-PAL) - The mental health nursing student experience: A qualitative evaluation. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 25(8), pp.486-495
• Faculty Development: Learning from the student whilst developing the higher order thinking skills of right-to-try adult learners within the higher education setting – a self-directed reflective process. E-Leader International Journal, volume 10, Number 2, www.g-casa.com, ISSN 1935-4819 Chinese American Scholars Association, New York, New York, USA, June.
• Reflection or Critical Thinking?: A Pedagogical Revolution in North American Healthcare Education. E-Leader International Journal, volume 3, number 2, www.g-casa.com, ISSN 1935-4819. Chinese American Scholars Association, New York, New York, USA, June.

Presentations

• Faculty Development: Learning from the student whilst developing the higher order thinking skills of right-to-try adult learners within the higher education setting – a self-directed reflective process. Co-presenter: Philip Beckwith. Chinese American Scholars Association, Prague, Czech Republic, June, 2015.
• Reporting concerns about standards of care and professional practice: learning from the challenges faced by students. Co-presenter: Dr Sharon Black, University of Bedfordshire Conference 2013: Are we there yet? Journeys in research and student experience 8 July 2013
• Reporting concerns about standards of care and professional practice: learning from the challenges faced by students. Co-presenters: Dr Sharon Black, Bella Madden, Linda Dean. Royal College of Nursing Education Forum conference and exhibition 2013: Beyond the Borders, 6 June 2013
• Interprofessional Learning: Opening doors and opening minds, Poster presentation, University of Bedfordshire Conference 2012: Going for Gold, 3-4 July 2012
• Reflection-for-Learning, self-directed learning, and students’ perceptions of feedback. Co-presenter: Philip Beckwith, University of Bedfordshire Conference 2011: Outcomes and Impacts, 5 July 2011
• Reflection or Critical Thinking? A Pedagogical Revolution in North American Health Care Education. Co-presenter: Philip Beckwith, Chinese American Scholars Association E-Leader Conference, Krakow, Poland, 2008

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1582 743 812
E: mary.beckwith@beds.ac.uk