Sarah Roberts

Lecturer, Pathway Lead for Health �ۿ۴�ýing

RGN, SCPHN, PGCertEd, MA Education for Health Professionals

+44 (0)1483 686695

sarah.roberts@surrey.ac.uk

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Academic and research departments

School of Health Sciences.

About

Biography

Following a long career in the NHS as an Adult Nurse and a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse, I joined the university in 2014 as a Teaching Fellow with the public health team. I undertook the role of Lead for Admissions in the School of Health Sciences from 2015 - 2023 and the Pathway Lead for Health �ۿ۴�ýing in 2022.

University roles and responsibilities

Lecturer
Lead for DBS
Coordination of support for SCPHN/ SP Practice Assessors and Practice Supervisors
Pathway Lead for Health �ۿ۴�ýing

My qualifications

Registered General Nurse (Adult)

St Georges Hospital, Tooting

2003

Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing Studies

University of London

2005

BSc (Hons) Public Health Nursing (Health �ۿ۴�ýing)

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2013

Practice Teacher

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2016

Postgraduate certificate in education for professional practice

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2021

Master of Arts Education for Health Professionals

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Previous roles

2005 - 2014

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse and Practice Teacher

CSH �ۿ۴�ý

Affiliations and memberships

United Kingdom Standing Council on Specialist Community Public Health Nurse education

Member

Institute of Health �ۿ۴�ýing

Member

Research

Research projects

Building knowledge, confidence and learning communities with Lego: two case studies with undergraduate nursing students at the �ۿ۴�ý

This project explores the potential of LEGO® and adapted LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® activities for improving student engagement, dialogue and critical reflection, and encouraging rich participation in classroom-based learning activities.

Teaching

I am module lead for the postgraduate modules:

Developing autonomous practice in SCPHN (Health �ۿ۴�ýing)

Safeguarding in healthcare (children and families)

Advanced assessment and communication skills in public health nursing

Additional Field of Practice in SCPHN (Health �ۿ۴�ýing)

I am a personal tutor to SCPHN (HV) students.

Publications

Stead, R., Dimitrova, R., Pourgoura, A., Roberts, S., and West, S. (2020) Building knowledge and learning communities using LEGO◦ in nursing. In K. Gravett, N. Yakovchuk and I. M. Kinchin (Eds.), Enhancing student-centred teaching in higher education: The landscape of student-staff research partnerships Palmgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature.

An exploration of the use of Lego with undergraduate nursing students as a teaching method to develop a deeper understanding and knowledge base.