Dr Liz Brewster SFHEA
Non-Clinical Senior Lecturer in Medical EducationResearch Overview
- Applying sociologically-informed qualitative methodologies to a healthcare context
- Creativity (reading/ narrative/ photography/ art practices) and mental health
- Digital technologies and practices, particularly in use in healthcare settings
- Pedagogy and professional training for medical practice, with a focus on mental health and well-being
Career Details
Liz joined the Lancaster Medical School in December 2015. She previously worked in the Health Sciences at the University of Leicester and in ScHARR at the University of Sheffield.
Current Teaching
- Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes
- Course Director, Clinical Research postgraduate programmes
- Director of Special Study Modules, MBChB
- Problem-based learning facilitator, MBChB
- Year 1 Health, Culture and Society lead
Qualifications
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education, University of Leicester, 2015
PhD, University of Sheffield, 2012
PhD Supervision Interests
Please contact me if you are interested in undertaking a PhD in the area of mental health support, resilience and mindfulness. I am particularly interested in supervising students on mental health, professional practice and medical education.
Where have all the doctors gone? An ethnographic study to explore the retention problem in Emergency Medicine
01/10/2019 → 31/03/2023
Research
Medical Staffing of Emergency Departments: Exploring the Retention Problem
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2021
Research
Graphic Futures
17/10/2017 → 30/06/2018
Research
Military Lives and Transformative Experiences: Exploring narratives and veterans' well-being
01/10/2017 → 31/03/2020
Research
Failure to Learn, Failure to Grow: creating space to ‘fail’ in order to allow real learning to take place
01/03/2017 → 31/03/2018
Other
'It's more than a diary': the ethical issues associated with sharing photographs in digital communities
01/05/2016 → 30/04/2018
Research
The Health Foundation and NHS England - Independent Evaluation of the Patient Activation Measure in the English NHS
01/12/2014 → 28/02/2017
Research
NHS England - Evaluation of NHS Safety Thermometer data collection and use
01/01/2013 → 31/07/2015
Other
The Health Foundation - Spotlight on Healthcare-Associated Infections
01/01/2013 → 30/09/2014
Other
The Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council - Good practice for participants involved in long-term research projects: an interview study
01/01/2013 → 31/07/2014
Other
Department of Health Policy Research Programme - Quality and Safety in the English NHS
01/06/2010 → 30/09/2013
Other
University of Sheffield studentship - An investigation of experiences of reading for mental health and well-being and their relation to models of bibliotherapy
01/10/2008 → 30/09/2011
Research
Family Practice (Journal)
Editorial activity
- FHM Mental Health Theme
- Institute for Social Futures Fellow
- ISF Fellows 2019/20