Jodie Coulson
Lecturer in Prescribing and Medicines Optimisation
Profile
Biography
Jodie’s clinical background is as a specialist nurse and independent prescriber in Sexual Health and Contraception. She then became a Specialist Nurse in Medicines Management.
Jodie is Deputy Lead for our Independent and Supplementary Prescribing programme. She teaches pharmacology and medicines safety across a number of other programmes including BSc Nursing, the Nurse Associate apprenticeship and MSc Nursing.
Jodie has an interest in genomics and is currently studying for a PhD in Genomics in Nurse Education.
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) Ancient World Studies
- BSc In Health and Social Care Practice
- Professional Certificate in Family Planning
- Non-medical Prescribing V300
- Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
Jodie has also completed a module in pharmacology with Harvard Medical School and is a Fellow of the HEA.
Departmental roles
- Chair Peer Support for Teaching working group
- Member of Fitness to Practise committee
- Member of the Service User and Carer Involvement (SUCI) committee
Teaching
Undergraduate
Jodie teaches pharmacology on the MSc Nursing programme.
On our Bsc Nursing Programme, Jodie is a Stage One seminar lead in the Biological and Pharmacological Aspects of Health and Wellbeing module. She also teaches pharmacology and medicines safety.
Jodie is module lead for Medicines Optimisation on the Nurse Associate apprenticeship programme.
Jodie also teaches evidence based practice on the NA programme.
Postgraduate
Jodie teaches pharmacology on the Independent and Supplementary prescribing programme. She also contributes to the ACP programme.
Publications
Selected publications
- Coulson, J., 2022. Understanding the role of genomics in nursing practice, Nursing Standard Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain): 1987).
- Coulson, J., 2022. Identifying and managing adverse drug reactions to promote medicines.
adherence and safety. Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain): 1987). - Coulson, J., 2021. Understanding the pharmacology of the side effects of medicines for effective prevention of adverse drug reactions. Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain): 1987).
- Coulson, J., 2020. Optimising the absorption of medicines. Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain): 1987), 35(7), pp.61-66.
External activities
Overview
- External examiner UWE – Independent and Supplementary Prescribing programme
- Peer reviewer for Nursing Standard
- Jodie was a panel member at the 2024 Wellcome Connecting Science workshop for
educators: How to Teach Genomics, hosted at the Wellcome genome campus in Hinxton. - Jodie has written a module on the safe use of opioid medications for the SCRIPT national e-learning programme. SCRIPT is designed to encourage safe and effective prescribing and medicines management. It is developed by the University of Birmingham and OCB Media Ltd, and commissioned by Health Education England.
