Paula Gawthorpe

Paula Gawthorpe

Senior Lecturer (Nursing) / School Lead of Studies (Nursing & Midwifery)

+44 (0)1482 463850 | P.Gawthorpe@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • School of Nursing and Midwifery

Related groups

  • Nursing and Midwifery

Qualifications

  • BSc (University of Hull)
  • MA (Keele University)
  • PGCert (University of Hull)
  • FHEA (University of Hull)
  • MRes (Lancaster University)

Summary

Paula qualified as a registered general nurse in 1993, and joined the University in 2012.

Having worked mainly within an oncology setting since qualifying, she has extensive experience in the field of cancer and palliative care, and maintained clinical credibility by working as a bank nurse in palliative care provision. Paula's particular interests include ethics and decision making in palliative care, lung cancer and end of life care.

Paula has a keen interest in inclusive education, having undertaken a four year secondment (2019-2023) as a TEA Senior Fellow. She co-authored the QAA University of Hull Inclusive Education Framework https://www.inclusiveeducationframework.info/#Framework

As School Lead of Studies for Nursing & Midwifery, Paula's main areas of focus relate to provision and consistency of Personal Supervision across all programmes, staff support, inclusive education, and quality assurance.

Paula contributes as a module team member to the majority of the currently available modules as part of the BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing Programme and the BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) Apprenticeship programme and is also a Personal Supervisor. She is joint Year 3 Intake Lead and has extensive involvement in the final year of the BSc Nursing programme.

MSc Supervision - post registration modules / programmes

Level 7+ Post-registration modules / BSc Health Professional Studies:

- Enhancing Therapeutic Communication

- PCAP Programme

Recent outputs

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Book Chapter

Addressing the hidden curriculum during transition to HE: the importance of empathy

Hubbard, K., Gawthorpe, P., Fallin, L., & Henri, D. (2020). Addressing the hidden curriculum during transition to HE: the importance of empathy. In T. Hinchcliffe (Ed.), The Hidden Curriculum of Higher Education (59-76). Heslington, York: Advance HE

Lee Fallin Katharine Hubbard Dom Henri

Research interests

End of life care / carer experience / hope and truth telling / student engagement & experience / inclusive education practice

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Collaborative Enhancement Project

Funder

QAA Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

Grant

£9,995.00

Started

10 February 2022

Status

Complete

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Senior Fellow HEA

2017

Nurse Teacher

2016

Nursing & Midwifery Council (UK)

Registered General Nurse

1990

Nursing & Midwifery Council (UK)

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