Dr Danielle Jones

Teaching

Teaching interests

Current Roles

MSc Advanced Dementia Studies Module Leader: Evidence Appraisal and Synthesis

Programme Lead:  Postgraduate Certificate for Practitioners with Advanced or Extended Roles in Dementia

Module Leader: Assessmnt and Diagnosis of Dementia

MSc Supervisor: MSc Advanced Dementia Studies final year dissertation supervisor

PhD Supervisor: 

- Amanda Briggs: Technology-aided communication for people with dementia in secondy care. 

- Paul Dourandish: An investigation of how people living with dementia at home (PLWDAH) manage their medicines and the role of community pharmacists (CPs)

Other roles:

Dementia Educator: BSc Paramedic Science Programme in Faculty of Health

Overview: I take a leading role within the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies in relation to Dementia education. I have been involved in creating the curriculum for the new MSc Advanced Dementia studies programme (launched Sept 2019), for which I was programme leader. As programme lead during the development of the curriculum I took oversight of curriculum design and delivery, undertaking University programme approval and quality assurance processes, taking leadership of the design of the curriculum and the development of innovative resources and content for its modules, which are delivered via distance learning. I was responsible for overseeing student attainment and monitoring as well as marketing, recruitment, admissions and induction. I was responsible for leading the development of, and delivering, the module Evidence Appraisal and Synthesis. It reviewed well in the first year, with an overall student satisfaction rate of 4.1/5. I am also leading the development of a new module which will be designed, created and delivered by people living with dementia. This will be a unique module where people living with dementia will co-produce the content and deliver the materials of our new MSc module.

I am the current programme lead for the Postgraduate Certificate for Practitioners with Advanced or Extended roles in dementia. This innovative postgraduate certificate is the first course of its kind in England. It is designed for practitioners from a variety of clinical backgrounds working in health care settings where diagnostic services and post-diagnostic support for people with dementia are provided. The programme aims to support learners to develop high-level skills in assessment, diagnosis, clinical management and ongoing support for people with dementia and their carers. 

I have also become increasingly interested in pedagogical theory and how it relates to educational practice. I was awarded a distinction for the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice (2017), which provided me with a deeper insight into pedagogic theory, its influence on practice and how to ensure my teaching aligns with the University’s learning and teaching strategy, especially in relation to designing a dementia curriculum that is digitally-rooted, internationalised and research- informed. I am passionate about ensuring our education provides our distance-learning students with a sense of community and is of high-quality. In addition, as all our education programmes are undertaken by health and social care practitioners it is exciting and challenging to create experiential education so our stduents can learn by doing. This also means our education programmes have direct impact on practice and the lives of people living with dementia and their carers. 

Previous roles 

Programme Leader: BSc Dementia Studies

     Module Leader: Communication and Inclusion

     Module Leader: Planning for Practice Change

     Module Leader: Practice Project

Programme Leader: MSc Advanced Dementia Studies

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