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Staff Profile

Dr Charlotte Richardson

Senior Lecturer

Background

I am a qualified pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. I have teaching experience in the areas of pharmacy practice, clinical skills and work-based learning. I am the Degree Programme Director for the Master of Pharmacy programme. I previously had responsibilities as the lead for work-based learning provisions on the MPharm course from 2019-2023.


I joined the School of Pharmacy in September 2019 having formerly undertaken a PhD in Pharmacy Education with Keele University. During this time I also contributed to teaching and mentoring undergraduate Pharmacy students at two Schools of Pharmacy and worked as a locum pharmacist in hospital and community pharmacies. Prior to this I worked at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.


I continue to work as a locum pharmacist within community pharmacy and I am also involved in several national committees in relation to undergraduate teaching including: the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Education Standards Committee, and national groups implementing Entrustable Professional Activities.


Teaching

I am the Degree Programme Director (DPD) for the Master of Pharmacy programme and I managing the day to day running of the programme as well as lead on strategic growth and development. I chair the School of Pharmacy Board of Studies (MPharm plus several post-graduate courses including clinical research MSc).


Previous to my role as DPD I managed the work-based learning placements for the MPharm programme. This included overseeing and delivering a range of placements for pharmacy students including: sessions at the Royal Victoria Infirmary where the students provide a counselling services to hospital inpatients, sessions running a 'student-led clinic' whereby students provide cardiovascular screening services to the public, and other sessions at various hospitals and employers to actively get students experiences in practice prior to graduation.


I am involved in a range of other pharmacy practice teaching including the teaching of clinical skills to all stages, reflective practice and professional development, and inter-professional education.


I am keen to encourage active participation in work settings through use of Entrustable Professional Activities. Work-based learning is central to my role and I encourage students to learn from what they see in practice while on placement. I am also involved in developing a bespoke prescription-generating educational tool to supplement the development of skills in legally and clinically checking prescriptions.


Research

My research falls in to two broad areas: pharmacy practice/applied health research and pharmacy education.


In the applied health space I am working on a series of projects looking at how informal/familial carers roles in health and social care. This includes how carers can be supported in their own health and wellbeing and the cruciality that carers are involved within health services.


  • This includes an NIHR RfPB funding project entitled: Carer involvement in the transfer of medicines-related care for patients moving from hospital to home: a realist review (Jan 2024-April 2025). I am also looking to complete several other studies utilising a realist methodology.
  • I am also working on the NIHR funded PONDER study on deprescribing and shared decision making in palliative care (including both patient and care perspectives).
  • I have expertise in qualitative, mixed methods, and realist approaches, with extensive experience of PPIE (including working with carers specifically).


My PhD research evaluated the use of a novel simulation-based 'virtual patient' to help train pharmacists and trainees in conducting patient counselling for those taking NOAC medicines. It is from this research that I developed an interest in Pharmacy and pedagogical research, and also innovative use of technology. Concerning pharmacy education research, I am now involved in implementing and evaluating a novel student-led cardiovascular screening clinic, from both a pedagogical and clinical perspective.


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