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      Mrs Sandra Connell

      ROLE: SL in Mental Health
      SCHOOL: Health & Education
      DEPARTMENT: Mental Health Social Work & Interprofessional Learning
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 6114
      EMAIL: S.Connell@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Sandra joined Middlesex University in December 2013 and is a registered Teacher with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). 

        Sandra qualified as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse in Ireland in 2003, working for a short period in inpatient rehabilitation before moving into services in the community in Ireland. In 2010, Sandra registered with the NMC as a registered nurse in mental health; since moving to England Sandra has worked as a lecturer. Within the Department of Mental Health, Social Work and Integrative Medicine, Sandra holds the additional roles of Institutional Link for Barnet Enfield and Haringey University Trust, as well as service user educator co-ordinator for the mental health team.  Sandra holds a Diploma in Mental Health Nursing, as well as a BSc (Hons) in Nursing, and an MSc in Nursing (Education).


        Languages Spoken

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Sandra teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Sandra's particular areas of teaching interests are on recovery and social inclusion in mental health.

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Interests

        Nurse education
        Culturally competent compassion  

        Conferences

        • 15th Annual Conference of ENTER: Parallel session on 'Service User Collaboration  in training and education: the experience in Middlesex University' (co presenting with Jacqui Lynskey) Barcelona, 16 and 17 June 2014.
        • 3rd European Festival of Psychiatric Nursing: Symposium on 'Taking Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to the Next Level in Mental Health Nursing: Quality, Inclusion and Excellence (with Nicky Lambert and Laura Foley, Middlesex University). Barcelona, 6-9 November 2014.

        Publication Feed

        Teaching intercultural communication skills

        Pezzella, Alfonso and Foley, Laura and Connell, Sandra and Papadopoulos, Irena (2015) Teaching intercultural communication skills. UNSPECIFIED.

      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        Project team member: Erasmus+ - IENE4: Strengthening the Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Capacity to Deliver Culturally Competent and Compassionate Care.

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        Sandra is the service user educator co-ordinator for the mental health team. This means working to ensure service user representation across teaching, assessment and recruitment on mental health programmes.

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