Mrs. Catriona Hynes BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography, PgCLTHE, MSc Medical Ultrasound, SFHEA.
Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging
Summary
Catriona is a Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging. Her clinical experience and expertise relate to ultrasound imaging.
About
Catriona is a HCPC state-registered Diagnostic Radiographer, having qualified from University College Dublin in 1998. She obtained her Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound at Sheffield Hallam University in 2006, and has clinical competencies and expertise in a range of ultrasound examinations.
She successfully completed a PgC in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education in 2014, and successfully an MSc Medical Ultrasound at Sheffield Hallam University in 2016. Catriona has been a Senior Fellow of Advance HE since 2021.
Her current role involves all aspects of academia, including an active role in course and curriculum development, and teaching across undergraduate, apprenticeship and postgraduate levels.
Catriona is a member of several national groups, including the Society of Radiographers Ultrasound Advisory Group, and she a BMUS representative on the CASE Committee.
Catriona's main research interests relate to qualitative research. She has been investigating the use of high fidelity simulation in Sonographer education and is due to complete her PhD during 2025.
Teaching
Subject area
Diagnostic imaging
Courses
MSc Medical Ultrasound
BSc (Hons) Medical Ultrasound (degree apprenticeship).
BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography
Research
Current PhD research:
The role of simulation in Sonographer education: a constructivist grounded theory study.
Publications
Journal articles
Ezenwuba, B.N., & Hynes, C.M. (2024). Ultrasound screening of paediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A critical literature review. Radiography (London, England : 1995), 30 (5), 1317-1325. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2024.07.006
Babington, E.A., Hynes, C., & Lawal, O. (2023). Factors influencing sonographer-led bowel ultrasound services in the UK. Radiography (London, England : 1995), 29 (2), 385-390. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2023.01.020
Johnson, J., Arezina, J., Tomlin, L., Alt, S., Arnold, J., Bailey, S., ... Hardicre, N.K. (2020). UK consensus guidelines for the delivery of unexpected news in obstetric ultrasound: The ASCKS framework. Ultrasound, 28 (4), 235-245. http://doi.org/10.1177/1742271x20935911
Conference papers
Hynes, C., Nightingale, J., & Collins, M. (2024). Simulation – the future of ultrasound education? A constructivist grounded theory study. In European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria, 28 February 2024 - 3 March 2024. http://doi.org/10.26044/ecr2024/C-12568
Posters
Hynes, C., Mitchell, P., & Hood, M. (2024). Similarities and Differences between current CASE accredited BSc (Hons) Medical Ultrasound programmes: Working together with Innovation. Presented at: BMUS Annual Scientific Meeting 2024, Coventry
Other activities
Catriona is a member of several national groups, including the Society of Radiographers Ultrasound Advisory Group, and she a BMUS representative on the CASE Committee.