Kelly Walker

• BSc Physiotherapy Course Director

• Management of motor recovery following brain injury.
• Clinical education

Academic career

• Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, UEA August 2017-To date.
• Lecturer in Physiotherapy. UEA. 2005-2017

• Module organiser roles 2005- to date
• Course director of Master of clinical education 2012-2015
• Associate director of teaching and learning 2015-2018.
• Course Director BSc Physiotherapy 2019-To date

Clinical career

• Junior Rotational Physiotherapist. Addenbrookes NHS Trust Cambridge. 1997-1998.
• Junior Rotational Physiotherapist. Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust. 1998-1999.
• Senior II Neurology Rotation. Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust. 1999-2000.
• Senior I Physiotherapist in Stroke unit and Neurological rehabilitation, Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust. 2000-2005

• Doctorate in Education - exploration of university students experiences of learning neurological physiotherapy.
• MSc Physiotherapy dissertation - research using mixed methodology which looked at neurological physiotherapists awareness of perceptual problems experienced by their patients.
• Clinical experience and main research interests for the future lie in the management of people who have experienced a stroke.

Grants/Funding

• 2012 Successful Annual fund bid to support MSc OT and PT Community engagement projects symposium event.

Enterprise and Engagement

• 2017 Stroke study days for care staff
• 2012 Therapeutic handling course delivered which included lecture capture and hands on practical advice on the ward.

2016 - Diploma in leadership and management - UEA

2013 - Doctorate in Education - UEA

2009 - Postgraduate certificate in higher education practice - UEA 

2005 - MSc neurological physiotherapy - Coventry University

1997 - BSc (hons) Physiotherapy - University of Hertfordshire.

• Current teaching is predominantly neurology-related topics covering both theoretical underpinnings and the practical physiotherapy profession specific skills on the BSc and MSc pre-registration and post-registration courses.
• Other areas of teaching include; Professional development, movement analysis and Human sciences.
• Teaching methods include; lectures, seminars, practicals, enquiry based learning, distance and blended learning using virtual learning environment.