Staff profiles
Dr Christine Ferris
PhD, Pg Dip ARQE, BEd(Hons) TDCR
Phone 0114 225 2401
E-mail c.m.ferris@shu.ac.uk
Research interests/current work
My current work involves curriculum and professional development at Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka, leading the project planning module for the Doctorate in Professional Studies, supervision of doctoral students in the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, supervision of MPhil students in the Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences and supervision of medical imaging and medical ultrasound Masters and undergraduate research projects.
I am the research co-ordinator for PRADO, a subject group consisting of paramedics, diagnostic radiographers and operating department practitioners. Current research activities include the training and management of a team of community co-researchers for data collection and analysis to evaluate eight community projects in the Healthy Living Project, Barnsley PCT. My particular research interests are role development, history of radiography and radiology, the impact of digital imaging on (de)centralisation of health services, 3D imaging and co-researcher involvement.
Research collaborations
My link to Peradeniya University includes research into the efficacy of chest radiography. I work with the British Society for the History of Radiology and have undertaken work for the Society and College of Radiographers, United Kingdom Association of Sonographers, the Royal College of Radiologists and the International Society for Radiographers and Radiological Technologists. I have been an external examiner at Bangor University. Work with co-researchers has been in partnership with Continuing Professional and Organisational Development (CPOD) at Sheffield Hallam University.
Research outputs: key publications since 2001
Articles in press
Briggs E and Ferris C A study to explore the experiences of student radiographers of gaining consent from adult patients with learning disability, Synergy
Ferris C The commissioning approach to CPD, Synergy
Ferris C and Reeves P Specialism in diagnostic radiography, Radiograph
Conference abstracts
2002 'The need for and development of a Code of Professional Conduct' at the European Congress of Radiology 2002
2002 'What is specialism in diagnostic radiography?' UK Radiological Congress
2002 Snaith B and Ferris C 'Inter-professional education in medical image interpretation' uk radiological congress
2003 'Specialism' UKRC
2006 UKRC poster presentation 'Radiographers - invisible pioneers in unclaimed professional territory'
2006 UKRC invited speaker 'The commissioning approach to CPD'
2006 'Expert practice - a metasynthesis' 4th Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference - on qualitative methods in the service of health
