Patricia Smith

Dr Patricia Smith

Senior Lecturer

Professional Health Sciences

Department of Allied and Public Health , School Of Health, Sport And Bioscience

Patricia Smith is a senior lecturer in Professional Health Sciences and module leader for level 1 Foundations to Practice. She also teaches on the Research and Cardiopulmonary Health modules.

Areas Of Interest

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  • Community Based Rehabilitation
  • Qualitative Research Methodologies
  • Cultural Competency in Practice
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Patricia Smith

OVERVIEW

I am a physiotherapist and have worked at UEL since 2001. My research interests are Community Based Rehabilitation, Qualitative Research Methodologies and Cultural Competency in Practice. My recently published book entitled 'Disability and Culture: an International and Inter-professional Perspective' details some of my doctoral research findings. I am the module leader for Foundations to Practice and also teach other modules including Cardiopulmonary Health and Foundations to Research. 

CURRENT RESEARCH

I am part of a civic engagement research group with the Department of Psychology. We launched a mental health and well-being portal a year ago. We have continued to develop this project with funding from the London's Scholar and were able to conduct a four-day workshop for students who wanted to be trained in becoming interpreters for refugees.  I continue to liaise with several community groups in Newham to set up links with community groups and refugees.

PUBLICATIONS

Publications

  • Introduction, "Disability and Culture: An Inter-professional (Interdisciplinary) Perspective" Smith, P. 2015. Common Ground Publishing.
  • The Nature of Disability in the UK and Multi-cultural Influences: "Disability and Culture: An Inter-professional (Interdisciplinary) Perspective" Smith, P. 2015. Common Ground Publishing.
  • Community-Based Rehabilitation and Post-Coloniality: The Jamaican Context: "Disability and Culture: An Inter-professional (Interdisciplinary)  Perspective" Smith, P. 2015. Common Ground Publishing.
  • Community-Based Rehabilitation and Post-Coloniality: The Jamaican Context: "Disability and Culture: An Inter-professional (Interdisciplinary) Perspective" Smith, P. 2015. Common Ground Publishing.
  • Cultural Imperatives within Community-Based Rehabilitation: Narratives from families Living with disability: "Disability and Culture: An Inter-professional (Interdisciplinary) Perspective" Smith, Patricia. 2015. Common Ground.

TEACHING

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MODULES

  • Foundations to Practice - Level 1
  • Foundations in Research - M Level
  • Cardiopulmonary Health - Level 2

Publications

The last four years of publications can be viewed below. 

Full publications list

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Research repository