Lorna Saunder
Contact
- Lorna Saunder
- +44 (0)20 7040 5458
- l.saunder@city.ac.uk
Postal Address
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom
About
Overview
Lorna joined City University in 2001 as a lecturer/practitioner in dual diagnosis. In 2005 she joined the University as a lecturer.
Lorna has worked on a number of projects exploring the use if digital media in learning and developed multi-media and virtual reality resources.
Lorna has under-taken the practice lead role for Mental Health and is not the Programme Director for the Nurse Associate programme.
Qualifications
- PGDip On-line learning, Open University, United Kingdom, Sep 2011 – Jul 2013
- MA Academic Practice, City University London, United Kingdom, Sep 2007 – Aug 2010
- PGDip_Drug and Alcohol Studies, University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom, Sep 2006 – Aug 2008
- BSc (hons) Nursing- mental health, University of Abertay Dundee, United Kingdom, Sep 1992 – Nov 1996
Employment
- Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, City, University London, 2005 – present
Fellowships
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Oct 2016 – present
Memberships of professional organisations
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
Awards
- City, University of London (2014) Student Voice Award Nomination
- City, University of London (2013) Runner-up Health has got talent
- HENCL (2013) HENCL Innovation in Education Technology Award - Highly Commended
- City, University of London (2011) Teaching recognition award
- City, University of London (2011) Runner-up for Moodle early innovator award
Research
Research Overview
Lorna's research focuses on e-learning strategies and developments.
Research Areas
- Mental Health: Dual diagnosis
- Learning disabilities
- Education technology
Research Centre
- Professional Education research
Current and Recently Completed Grants / Activities
Application being submitted for research project looking at enhancing e-learning strategies in the new curriculum. Contributing to an evaluation on the implementation of Shareville.
Publications
Chapter
- Saunder, L.J. (2010). Stimulants and psychosis. In Phillips, P., McKeown, O. and Sandford, T. (Eds.), Dual Diagnosis: Practice in Context
Journal articles (5)
- Saunder, L. and Knight, R.A. (2017). CitySCaPE: Moving beyond indifference in education for pre-registration nurses about learning disability. Nurse Education in Practice, 26, pp. 82–88. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2017.07.008.
- Saunder, L. (2016). On-line role play in mental health education. The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 11(1), pp. 1–9. doi:10.1108/jmhtep-07-2015-0031.
- Saunder, L.J. (2012). Developing an e-learning resource in clinical risk assessment. Nursing Management, 5(19), pp. 26–29. doi:10.7748/nm2012.09.19.5.26.c9262.
- Saunder, L.J. (2003). An audit of interventions for dual diagnosis in a psychiatric unit. Nursing Times, 99(27), pp. 34–36.
- Saunder, L.J. and Berridge, E.J. Immersive simulated reality scenarios for enhancing students'
experience of people with learning disabilities across all fields of nurse
education. Nurse Education in Practice. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2015.04.007.
Education
Teaching
Undergraduate modules
HS1001, HS200, HS3001- Simulated Practice
HS 2332 Experiencing Acute Care and diagnostics (Module Leader)
Postgraduate Modules
HSM332 Experiencing Acute Care, Diagnostics and Treatment (Mental Health) (Module Leader)
Other areas of expertise
Substance use (general, dual diagnosis, public health, pregnancy)
Learning Disability
Educational Technology
Other Activities
Clinical activity
- Lorna maintains links with local substance misuse services and provides support to students and staff whilst they are on clinical placements
Events/conferences (3)
- Online Role Play For Learning: Current Practice from City and Beyond – conference presentation. City University (2014).
Description: Presentation about the development and delivery of an on-line role play activity. - Higher Education Academy "Shareville in the City" workshop presentation. (2013).
- SEDA conference "Shareville in the City" poster presentation. (2012).