Sarah Roberts
Teaching Fellow, Lead for Student Admissions (Health Sciences)
RGN, SCPHN, PGCertEd
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 in 2015.
University roles and responsibilities
- Teaching Fellow
- Lead for Admissions
- Member of the DBS panel
- Coordination of support for SCPHN/ SP Practice Teachers and mentors
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 Visiting)
University of Surrey
2013
Practice Teacher
University of Surrey
2016
Postgraduate certificate in education for professional practice
University of Surrey
Previous roles
2005 - 2014
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse and Practice Teacher
CSH Surrey
Affiliations and memberships
Council of Deans admissions working group
Member
United Kingdom Standing Council on Specialist Community Public Health Nurse education
Member
Research projects
Building knowledge, confidence and learning communities with Lego: two case studies with undergraduate nursing students at the University of Surrey
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.
My teaching
I am module lead for the undergraduate nursing module 'Public health: promoting health and well being' and the postgraduate modules 'Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults' and 'Practice module for the practice teacher'.
I am a personal tutor to undergraduate adult nursing students and SCPHN (HV) students, and I act as a supervisor for undergraduate dissertation students.
Courses I teach on
Undergraduate
Postgraduate taught
My publications
Publications
Oki Bimpe, Oteng-Ntim Eugene, O’Connor Sheila, Poston Lucilla, Seed Paul, Roberts Sarah, Ussher Michael, Bhavnani Vanita, Bick Debra, Taylor Cath, Avery Amanda, Craig Victoria, Healey Andy, Khazaezadeh Nina, McMullen Sarah Protocol for a two-arm feasibility RCT to support postnatal maternal weight management and positive lifestyle behaviour in women from an ethnically diverse inner city population: the SWAN feasibility trial, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies5117 BioMed Central
Bick Debra Bick, Taylor Cath, Bhavnani Vanita, Healey Andy, Seed Paul, Roberts Sarah, Zasada Magdalena, Avery Amanda, Craig Victoria, Khazaezadah Nina, McMullen Sarah, Poston Lucilla, O’Connor Sheila, Oki Bimpi, Ntim Eugene Oteng, Ussher Michael (2019)Lifestyle information and commercial weight management groups to support maternal postnatal weight management and positive lifestyle behaviour: the SWAN feasibility randomised controlled trial, In: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology127(5)pp. 636-645 Wiley
Bick Debra, Taylor Cath, Bhavnani Vanita, Healey Andy, Seed Paul, Roberts Sarah, Zasada Magdalena, Avery Amanda, Craig Victoria, Khazaezadah Nina, McMullen Sarah, O’Connor Sheila, Oki Bimpe, Oteng-Ntim Eugene, Poston Lucilla, Ussher Michael (2020)Lifestyle information and access to a commercial weight management group to promote maternal postnatal weight management and positive lifestyle behaviour: the SWAN feasibility RCT, In: Public Health Research8(9)pp. 1-176 NIHR Journals Library
Heller S, Lawton J, Amiel S, Cooke DD, Mansell P, Brennan A, Elliott J, Boote J, Emery C, Baird W, Basarir H, Beveridge S, Choudhary P, Bond R, Campbell M, Chater T, Clark M, de Zoysa N, Dixon S, Gianfrancesco C, Hopkins D, Oliver L, Jacques R, Kruger J, Moore S, Peasgood T, Rankin D, Roberts S, Rogers H, Taylor C, Thokala P, Thompson G, Ward C (2014)Improving management of type 1 diabetes in the UK: the Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) programme as a research test-bed. A mixed-method analysis of the barriers to and facilitators of successful diabetes self-management, a health economic analysis, a cluster randomised controlled trial of different models of delivery of an educational intervention and the potential of insulin pumps and additional educator input to improve outcomes, In: Programme Grants for Applied Research2(5) National Institute for Health Research
Bick Debra, Taylor Cath, Bhavnani Vanita, Healey Andy, Seed Paul, Roberts Sarah, Zasada Magdelena, Avery Amanda, Craig Victoria, Khazaezadah Nina, McMullen Sarah, O’Connor Sheila, Bimpi Oki Bimpi, Oteng Ntim Eugene, Poston5 Lucilla, Ussher Michael (2019)Lifestyle information and access to a commercial weight management group to promote maternal postnatal weight management and positive lifestyle behaviour: the SWAN feasibility RCT NIHR Journals Library