Profile
Biography
Having trained in South Africa, Devi has varied experiences in nursing from medical, surgical, A&E, intensive care and clinical education. She has worked nationally and internationally before gaining experience in Higher Education.
Devi is an advocate of simulation based learning and problem based learning, where her strengths are the provision of contextual learning and the provision of structured reflective feedback to enable learners to construct their future learning.
Qualifications
- RGN (4 years in South Africa)
- BSc Hons with Specialist Practitioner Qualification (NMC Recorded)
- Masters in Medical Education (with Distinction)
- Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation Specialist (ECMO)
- PG Cert HE (HEA Fellow)
- NMC Teacher
- Professional Doctorate in Education
Departmental roles
- Chair of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee and Department Equality and Diversity Champion
- Chair of Undergradute Board of Examiners
Research
Overview
Devi's areas of interest are the transition and socialisation of the graduate entry nursing students' experience and their first clinical placement, encapsulated by the impact of Bourdieu's Cultural and Social Capital theory.