Significant experience in ‘off the shelf’ and ‘bespoke’ study day / event planning and evaluation to address health professional clinical management needs.
Project work in a wide range of areas (described below)
An infective enthusiasm and commitment that strategies can be employed that improve standards of education, training and clinical practice, so improving clinical and quality of life outcome for people with diabetes and more effective diabetes management.
Project work
Enhanced the diabetes portfolio of the University of York by undertaking of a Training Needs Analysis and development of a comprehensive and consistently highly evaluated Diabetes Study Day programme.
Developed a range of educational strategies for patients, which has included the development of a randomised control trial in type 1 diabetes education – one of only a half dozen world-wide.
In conjunction with a Diabetes Dietitian and in collaboration with a larger team, revitalised our ‘New to Type 2’ Education sessions and have developed skills courses in insulin adjustment for those on either 2 or 4/5 insulin injections per day.
Developed the York ‘Insulin in Practice’ programme that skills-up GP’s and Practice Nurses interested in commencement of insulin in their type 2 diabetes population in general practice. This scheme has enabled local initiation of insulin within GP surgeries hence more timely initiation of insulin by a known health professional and negating the need for a secondary care referral. This audited and presented nationally (Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference 2004)
Initiated alongside our Specialist Diabetes Dietitian a successful insulin pump starter course. (Results presented at Diabetes UK National Profession Conference 2005)
Developed a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) ‘Blackboard’ providing E-learning support to students to augment a taught Diabetes Module at the University of York. This has provided me with the skills to set up and run distance or blended learning courses and was highly valued by the students in a formal Blackboard Exit Survey.
Recent Qualifications
2006 PGCert Ed - York (60 Credit Masters Level Teaching Qualification)
2004 MSc Diabetes (Roehampton, Surrey)
1997 ENB A05 Diploma Level Course in Diabetes Care, for DSN’s
1995 ENB928 – Diabetes Care
1995 The Application of Research to Practice
1994 The Pastoral Response to Care of the Dying
1992 Certificate in Health Services Management (Open University / Institute Health Service Management)
Membership of Professional Organisations:
Royal College of Nursing
External Examiner for University of Ulster (from Sep 2006)
Diabetes UK Professional Section
Other:
United Kingdom Insulin Initiation Study Group (UKIIS)
External Examiner for the University Of Ulster
Primary Care Diabetes UK PCDUK Regional Conference Planning Committee
National & Regional Advisory Boards for Merck, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly
Conference Organisation for GlaxoSmithKline, NovoNordisk
Previous Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Accreditation Committee Referee
Recent publications and papers in press
Thow JC, Pena A, Dromgoole P, Lomax S (in press) Brief Intervention in Type 1 Diabetes: Education for Self-Efficacy BMJ
Davis RE, Lowes L, Craddock S, Dromgoole P, McDowell J (2006) Insulin initiation among adults and children with diabetes in the United Kingdom. Practical Diabetes 23:4
Phillips A, Dromgoole P (2005) Analysing training needs Part2: Questionnaire results. Journal of Diabetes Nursing.
Phillips A, Dromgoole P (2005) Analysing training needs Part1: Questionnaire development. Journal of Diabetes Nursing. 9, 7 247-51
Dromgoole P (2005) Guide to Diabetes Educational Courses in the United Kingdom. Résumé. RCN: London
Dromgoole P (2004) How workshops can support health staff moving patients to insulin therapy. Professional Nurse 19:10 26-28
Dromgoole P (2004) Royal College of Nursing. RCN Guide to insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes. London: RCN
Dromgoole P (2004) Diabetic Emergencies. Primary Health Care. London: RCN
Dromgoole P (2003) Prisoners with Diabetes. Résumé. Winter 2003. London: RCN